belöna

See also: belona and beloną

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German belonen or German belohnen, equivalent to be- +‎ löna. Cognate with Danish belønne, Norwegian Bokmål belønne, Dutch belonen, Afrikaans beloon, Limburgish beloene, West Frisian beleanje, Saterland Frisian beloonje, Luxembourgish belounen and Yiddish באַלוינען‎ (baloynen).

Verb

belöna (present belönar, preterite belönade, supine belönat, imperative belöna)

  1. to reward (give a reward to)
  2. to award (give an award to)

Conjugation
Conjugation of belöna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive belöna belönas
Supine belönat belönats
Imperative belöna —
Imper. plural1 belönen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative belönar belönade belönas belönades
Ind. plural1 belöna belönade belönas belönades
Subjunctive2 belöne belönade belönes belönades
Participles
Present participle belönande
Past participle belönad, belönt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References
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