fungera

See also: fungerà

Swedish

Etymology

From German fungieren, from Latin fungī (“to perform, execute”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål fungere, Norwegian Nynorsk fungere, fungera, Danish fungere, Dutch fungeren, English function, fungible, Czech fungovat, Slovak fungovať, Italian fungere, Spanish fungir, French fonctionner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɵŋˈɡeːra/

Verb

fungera (present fungerar, preterite fungerade, supine fungerat, imperative fungera)

  1. function; to be in action
  2. work; to function correctly
  3. work out; to succeed
    Det borde fungera.
    That should work.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fungera (weak)
active passive
infinitive fungera —
supine fungerat —
imperative fungera —
imper. plural1 fungeren —
present past present past
indicative fungerar fungerade — —
ind. plural1 fungera fungerade — —
subjunctive2 fungere fungerade — —
present participle fungerande
past participle —

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ fungera in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Further reading

  • “fungera”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
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