framkalla
Swedish
Etymology
fram (“forth”) + kalla (“call”)
Pronunciation
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Verb
framkalla (present framkallar, preterite framkallade, supine framkallat, imperative framkalla)
- to cause the emergence of (something, usually abstract); to induce, to cause, to evoke, to generate, etc.
- Den inledande attacken är avsedd att framkalla panik
- The initial attack is intended to induce panic
- Vi försöker framkalla kräkningar
- We are trying to induce vomiting[s]
- låtar som framkallar nostalgi
- songs that evoke nostalgia [väcker works too]
- cancerframkallande ämnen
- cancer-causing substances / carcinogenic substances / carcinogens
- framkallande av fara för annan
- causing danger to others [a crime in Swedish law]
- (literally, “causing of danger to other”)
- (photography) to develop, to process (photographic film)
- Jag gick till fotoaffären för att framkalla bilderna
- I went to the photo shop to develop the pictures
- to summon (more or less ceremoniously, for example a witness in court)
- Synonym: kalla fram
Usage notes
Väcka often sounds a bit better for (less extreme) feelings.
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | framkalla | framkallas | ||
| supine | framkallat | framkallats | ||
| imperative | framkalla | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | framkallen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | framkallar | framkallade | framkallas | framkallades |
| ind. plural1 | framkalla | framkallade | framkallas | framkallades |
| subjunctive2 | framkalle | framkallade | framkalles | framkallades |
| present participle | framkallande | |||
| past participle | framkallad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
Related terms
- framkallande (has compounds)