göra
See also: Appendix:Variations of "gora"
Swedish
editEtymology 1
edit- From Old Swedish gøra, gæra, giora, from Old Norse gera, gøra, gørva, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare with English yare and gear.
- The noun is a nominalization of the verb. Literally "doing."
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgöra n
- work, task
- 1955, Ulla Bjerne, Livet väntar dej [Life is waiting for you]:
- Linus Hägg är ursinnig varje påsk och egentligen är mitt påskbestyr ett otacksamt göra som aldrig inbringar mig någon uppmuntran, utan snarare obehag.
- Linus Hägg is furious every Easter and my Easter duties are in fact a thankless task that never brings me any encouragement, but rather discomfort.
Declension
editDeclension of göra
nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | göra | göras |
definite | görat | görats | |
plural | indefinite | — | — |
definite | — | — |
Derived terms
editSee also
editVerb
editgöra (present gör, preterite gjorde, supine gjort, imperative gör)
- to do (be occupied with an activity)
- Synonym: ha för sig
- Vad gör du?
- What are you doing?
- Jag kunde inte göra någonting.
- I couldn't do anything.
- to make, to produce, to create
- Jag gör en paj.
- I'm making a pie.
- to cause, to make, to have an effect
- Hans gåva gjorde mig glad.
- His gift made me happy.
- (auxiliary, pro-verb) A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not used with auxiliaries
- Jag spelar tennis och det gör hon också.
- I play tennis and she does too.
- (auxiliary) to do so; a syntactic marker that takes the place of the verb when the main verb is topicalized.
- 1873, Jules Verne, translated by Axel L. Ericsson, Jorden rundt på åttio dagar [Around the World in Eighty Days], page 148:
- Han åt således mycket brådskande, men åt gjorde han i alla fall.
- He thus ate very fast, but at least he did eat (literal translation of the sentence).
Still, he was obliged to eat, and so he ate (in the English translation of the book).
- He thus ate very fast, but at least he did eat (literal translation of the sentence).
Conjugation
editConjugation of göra (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | göra | göras | ||
Supine | gjort | gjorts | ||
Imperative | gör | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | gören | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | gör | gjorde | görs, göres | gjordes |
Ind. plural1 | göra | gjorde | göras | gjordes |
Subjunctive2 | göre | gjorde | göres | gjordes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | görande | |||
Past participle | gjord | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Alternative forms
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editEtymology 2
editFrom an older noun gorr, går (“dirt, mud, animal intestine content etc.”), with western Swedish vowel fronting /ɔ/ > /œː/ (sometimes represented in dialectal writing with a circumflex ⟨ô⟩). From Old Norse gor, from Proto-Germanic *gurą (“half-digested stomach contents; feces; manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot; warm”). Related to English gore. Compare the intensifying prefix gör-.
Alternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgöra c
Declension
editDeclension of göra
Verb
editgöra (present görar, preterite görade, supine görat, imperative göra)
Conjugation
editConjugation of göra (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | göra | göras | ||
Supine | görat | görats | ||
Imperative | göra | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | gören | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | görar | görade | göras | görades |
Ind. plural1 | göra | görade | göras | görades |
Subjunctive2 | göre | görade | göres | görades |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | görande | |||
Past participle | görad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- göra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- göra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- göra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- Göra. Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore. 21 October 2013.
- “Om 95 olika ord för att gnida in snö i ansiktet [About 95 different words for rubbing snow in someone’s face]”, in Språket i P1[1], Sveriges Radio, 2006 January 10, retrieved 23 October 2019
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