- to consist (of), to be made of
“Livet består av 29 000 dagar” — Life consists of 29,000 days
- to continue to exist; to remain, to persist, to endure, to stand, to prevail, etc. (rhymes with its opposite: förgå)
“Åsikter förgår men värderingar består.” — Opinions vanish but values persist.
Formerbestår(present) · bestod(preterite) · bestått(supine) · bestå(imperative) · bestå(active, infinitive) · bestås(infinitive, passive) · bestått(active, supine) · beståtts(passive, supine) · bestå(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · bestån(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · består(active, indicative, present) · bestod(active, indicative, past) · bestås(indicative, passive, present) · bestods(indicative, passive, past) · bestå(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · bestodo(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · bestås(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · bestodos(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)