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Contents 1 Modern Scandinavian Verbs 1.1 Danish Verbs 1.1.1 Weak Verbs 1.1.1.1 Conjugation I 1.1.1.2 Conjugation II 1.1.1.3 Conjugation III 1.1.2 Strong Verbs 1.1.2.1 Conjugation IV

Modern Scandinavian Verbs

Verbs in most modern Scandinavian languages (i.e. not Scandinavian languages with more traditional grammars like Icelandic or Faroese) work fairly similarly. There is no agreement in number or person and most verbs are formed by simply adding (e/a)r to the infinitive ending.

Danish Verbs

Danish verbs vary in that they principally use (e)r endings and so don't bother with other endings such as ar in swedish. They are divided into weak and strong verbs. Weak verbs are formed by making a simple, systematic change to form the past tense. Strong verbs change the form of the main vowel of the verb when changing between present and past tense.

Weak Verbs

Conjugation I

In the first conjugation, you have verbs that are formed by merely adding (e)de for the past tense and (e)t for the past participle forms.

Some verbs in this category include:

Conjugation I
English	Infinitive	Present	Imperfect	Past Participle
to believe to think	at tro	tror	troede	troet
to love	at elske	elsker	elskede	elsket
to try	at prøve	prøver	prøvede	prøvet
to open	at åbne	åbner	åbnede	åbnet
to chat to talk	at snakke	snakker	snakkede	snakket
to explain	at forklare	forklarer	forklarede	forklaret
to act to shop	at handle	handler	handlede	handlet
to fetch	at hente	henter	hentede	hentet
to do to make	at lave	laver	lavede	lavet

Conjugation II

In the second conjugation you have verbs that add te for the past tense and t for the past participle.

Some verbs in this category include:

Conjugation II
English	Infinitive	Present	Imperfect	Past Participle
to eat	at spise	spiser	spiste	spist
to buy	at købe	køber	købte	købt
to use	at bruge	bruger	brugte	brugt
to seek	at søge	søger	søgte	søgt
to divide to deal out to distribute to share	at dele	deler	delte	delt
to feel	at føle	føler	følte	følt
to go to travel	at rejse	rejser	rejste	rejst
to show	at vise	viser	viste	vist
to learn	at lære	lærer	lærte	lært

A few more in this category most of which have vowel changes in the past tense:

Conjugation II
English	Infinitive	Present	Imperfect	Past Participle
to tell	at fortælle	fortæller	fortalte	fortalt
to follow	at følge	følger	fulgte	fulgt
to ask	at spørge	spørger	spurgte	spurgt
to happen	at ske	sker	skete	sket
to sell	at sælge	sælger	solgte	solgt
to choose	at vælge	vælger	valgte	valgt
to bring	at bringe	bringer	bragte	bragt
to know	at vide	ved	vidste	vidst
to think	at tænke	tænker	tænkte	tænkt

Conjugation III

Conjugation 3 is not much different from 2 except the use of de rather than te for past tense endings. However, they are very commonly used verbs so it would be good to know them.

Conjugation III
English	Infinitive	Present	Imperfect	Past Participle
to die	at dø	dør	døde	død
to have	at have	har	havde	haft
to do	at gøre	gøre	gjorde	gjort
to lay to put	at lægge	lægger	lagde	lagt
to say	at sige	siger	sagde	sagt
to ought to do	at burde	bør	burde	burdet
to dare	at turde	tør	turde	turdet

Strong Verbs

Strong verbs contain the fourth conjugation which consists of verbs whose past tense form is monosyllabic and usually differs from the root form.

Conjugation IV

Some verbs in this category include:

Conjugation IV
English	Infinitive	Present	Imperfect	Past Participle
to drink	at drikke	drikker	drak	drukket
to take	at tage	tager	tog	taget
to ask to pray	at bede	beder	bad	bedt
to laugh	at le	ler	lo	le(e)t
to see	at se	ser	så	set
to give	at give	giver	gav	givet
to sit	at sidde	sidder	sad	siddet
to force	at tvinge	tvinger	tvang	tvunget
to be to become to stay	at blive	bliver	blev	blevet
to write	at skrive	skriver	skrev	skrevet
to rise	at stige	stiger	steg	steget
to suffer	at lide	lider	led	lidt
to lie (position)	at ligge	ligger	lå	ligget
to sing	at synge	synger	sang	sunget
to freeze	at fryse	fryser	frøs	frosset
to break	at bryde	bryder	brød	brudt
to mean	at betyde	betyder	betød	betydet
to fly	at flyve	flyver	fløj	fløjet
to help	at hjælpe	hjælper	hjalp	hjulpet
to hit upon to meet	at træffe	træffer	traf	truffet
to steal	stjæle	stjæler	stjal	stjålet
to be called	at hedde	hedder	hed	heddet
to come	at komme	kommer	kom	kommet
to sleep	at sove	sover	sov	sovet
to run	at løbe	løber	løb	løbet
Special Verbs
to be to exist	at være	er	var	været
to get to have	at få	får	fik	fået
to go to walk	at gå	går	gik	gået
to beat to hit	at slå	slår	slog	slået
to stand	at stå	står	stod	stået