tillmötesgå
Swedish
Etymology
From till (“to”) + mötes (“meeting's”) + gå (“walk”), with frozen genitive from when till governed the genitive. Another form is "gå (någon) till mötes."
Verb
tillmötesgå (present tillmötesgår, preterite tillmötesgick, supine tillmötesgått, imperative tillmötesgå)
- to accommodate ((partly) act in accordance with (someone's wishes or the like))
Conjugation
Conjugation of tillmötesgå (strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tillmötesgå | tillmötesgås | ||
| Supine | tillmötesgått | tillmötesgåtts | ||
| Imperative | tillmötesgå, tillmötesgack | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tillmötesgån | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tillmötesgår | tillmötesgick | tillmötesgås | tillmötesgicks |
| Ind. plural1 | tillmötesgå | tillmötesgingo | tillmötesgås | tillmötesgingos |
| Subjunctive2 | tillmötesgå, tillmötesgånge | tillmötesginge | tillmötesgås, tillmötesgånges | tillmötesginges |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tillmötesgående | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- tillmötesgående (“accommodating”)
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