fullborda

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish fulbordha, from Middle Low German vulborden, based on the noun vulbort (“full board, a ship built to completion”), from Old Saxon ful + bord which is from Proto-West Germanic *bord.

The Old Swedish fulbordha was both a verb and adjective, still used as an adjective in the 1526 Bible translation (2 Timothy 3:17; James 1:17), but in the 1703 translation changed to fulbordad (past participle of the verb).

Verb

fullborda (present fullbordar, preterite fullbordade, supine fullbordat, imperative fullborda)

1. to make complete, to finish

Conjugation

Conjugation of fullborda (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	fullborda		fullbordas
Supine	fullbordat		fullbordats
Imperative	fullborda		—
Imper. plural1	fullborden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	fullbordar	fullbordade	fullbordas	fullbordades
Ind. plural1	fullborda	fullbordade	fullbordas	fullbordades
Subjunctive2	fullborde	fullbordade	fullbordes	fullbordades
	Participles
Present participle	fullbordande
Past participle	fullbordad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• fullbordan

References

• fullborda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)