färdas

Färdas is a Swedish intransitive verb meaning to travel or to undertake a journey. It describes movement from one place to another rather than the purpose of the trip, and it is commonly used to convey the act of moving, especially by vehicle or on foot. The term is fairly formal and appears in travel writing, historical narratives, and news reports; in everyday speech Swedes more often use resa.

Usage: It is typically used with directional or locational phrases, such as färdas genom, färdas över, färdas till, or färdas runt. Example: "Vi färdas genom landet" (We travel through the country). "De färdas över havet" (They travel across the sea). The verb can refer to people, animals, or vehicles in motion.

Conjugation: Färdas is intransitive. In the present tense the form is färdas (jag färdas, du färdas, han färdas, vi färdas, ni färdas, de färdas). The simple past is färdades (vi färdades). The perfect aspect is formed with har färdats (vi har färdats).

Etymology: The verb derives from the noun färd, meaning a journey, and is related to other Germanic terms for travel. The noun färd occurs in compounds such as färdmedel (means of travel) and färdväg (route).

See also: färd, resa, färdmedel, transport.