göra
Pronunciation: /²jøːra/
“göra” is a Swedish word. Its 8 meanings in English:
noun
verb
- to do (be occupied with an activity)
- to make, to produce, to create
- to cause, to make, to have an effect
- A syntactic marker that refers back to an earlier verb and allows the speaker to avoid repeating the verb; not used with auxiliaries
- to do so; a syntactic marker that takes the place of the verb when the main verb is topicalized.
- to rub snow in someone’s face
Etymology
* 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."
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More Swedish words
- gömmare
- gömsle
- gömställe
- gör-det-själv
- göra bort sig
- göra en dygd av nödvändigheten
- göra en höna av en fjäder
- göra en pudel
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