gestalta
Swedish
Etymology
gestalt + -a, like German gestalten
Verb
gestalta (present gestaltar, preterite gestaltade, supine gestaltat, imperative gestalta)
- to portray
- Indiana Jones har gestaltats av Harrison Ford i flera filmer
- Indiana Jones has been portrayed by Harrison Ford in several movies
- to give form to, to embody (an idea or the like, more generally)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gestalta | gestaltas | ||
| supine | gestaltat | gestaltats | ||
| imperative | gestalta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | gestalten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | gestaltar | gestaltade | gestaltas | gestaltades |
| ind. plural1 | gestalta | gestaltade | gestaltas | gestaltades |
| subjunctive2 | gestalte | gestaltade | gestaltes | gestaltades |
| present participle | gestaltande | |||
| past participle | gestaltad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.