köper

Köper is the present tense form of the Swedish verb köpa, meaning to buy. It is used to describe the act of acquiring goods or services and can refer to purchases in general as well as ongoing or habitual buying.

In usage, köper is a transitive verb and requires a direct object, such as a product or service. Examples: Jag köper mjölk varje vecka. Hon köper nya skor. Köper you can form questions: Köper du en bil? The imperative form is köp, used to give a direct command: Köp den här blomman.

Swedish verbs have several related forms for köpa. The past tense is köpte, as in Jag köpte en bok igår. The perfect tense is formed with har köpt, for example Jag har köpt en ny dator. The supine or past participle is köpt, used in compound tenses. These forms show a vowel change from the present köper to köpte in the past.

Etymology traces köpa to Old Norse kaupa and is cognate with related terms in other Scandinavian languages, such as norske kjøpe (kjøpe in Norwegian and kjøpe in Danish). The word belongs to the Germanic family of verbs associated with purchase and exchange and is one of the core verbs in everyday Swedish.

See also: purchase, shopping, commerce.