grassera

Icelandic

Verb

grassera (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative grasseraði, supine grasserað)

  1. to be rampant, to be rife

Conjugation

grassera – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur grassera
supine sagnbót grasserað
present participle
grasserandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég grassera grasseraði grasseri grasseraði
þú grasserar grasseraðir grasserir grasseraðir
hann, hún, það grasserar grasseraði grasseri grasseraði
plural við grasserum grasseruðum grasserum grasseruðum
þið grasserið grasseruðuð grasserið grasseruðuð
þeir, þær, þau grassera grasseruðu grasseri grasseruðu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú grassera (þú), grasseraðu
plural þið grasserið (þið), grasseriði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from German grassieren with ending -era, from Latin grassor (ramble).

Verb

grassera (present grasserar, preterite grasserade, supine grasserat, imperative grassera)

  1. ravage, depredate

Usage notes

In particular to describe diseases.

Conjugation

Conjugation of grassera (weak)
active passive
infinitive grassera
supine grasserat
imperative grassera
imper. plural1 grasseren
present past present past
indicative grasserar grasserade
ind. plural1 grassera grasserade
subjunctive2 grassere grasserade
present participle grasserande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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