grädda
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From grädde (“cream”).
Noun
grädda c
- cream (the best of something)
- De är samhällets grädda
- They're the cream of society
- tillhöra gräddan av hockeyspelare
- belong to the cream of hockey players
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | grädda | gräddas |
| definite | gräddan | gräddans | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Related terms
- gräddhylla
Etymology 2
Possibly from grädde (“cream”), in the sense of "film, coating."
Verb
grädda (present gräddar, preterite gräddade, supine gräddat, imperative grädda)
- to bake, to fry (so as to give a browned surface and a firm consistency, in an oven or frying pan)
- grädda pannkakor
- make pancakes
- grädda ugnspannkakan i ugnen
- bake the oven pancake in the oven
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | grädda | gräddas | ||
| supine | gräddat | gräddats | ||
| imperative | grädda | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | grädden | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | gräddar | gräddade | gräddas | gräddades |
| ind. plural1 | grädda | gräddade | gräddas | gräddades |
| subjunctive2 | grädde | gräddade | gräddes | gräddades |
| present participle | gräddande | |||
| past participle | gräddad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.