avge
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
avge (present avger, preterite avgav, supine avgett or avgivit, imperative avge)
Usage notes
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avge | avges | ||
| supine | avgett | avgetts | ||
| imperative | avge | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | avgen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | avger | avgav | avges | avgavs |
| ind. plural1 | avge | avgåvo | avges | avgåvos |
| subjunctive2 | avge | avgåve | avges | avgåves |
| present participle | avgivande | |||
| past participle | avgiven | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | avgiva | avgivas | ||
| supine | avgivit | avgivits | ||
| imperative | avgiv | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | avgiven | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | avgiver | avgav | avgives | avgavs |
| ind. plural1 | avgiva | avgåvo | avgivas | avgåvos |
| subjunctive2 | avgive | avgåve | avgives | avgåves |
| present participle | avgivande | |||
| past participle | avgiven | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
Further reading
- avge in Svensk ordbok.