plugga

Swedish

Etymology

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Verb

plugga (present pluggar, preterite pluggade, supine pluggat, imperative plugga)

  1. to plug; to stop with a plug
  2. (informal) to study, to attend school
    Var pluggar du?
    Where do you study? What school do you attend?
  3. to read up, to study intensively, as in preparing for a test (cramming)
    Jag pluggar inför provet på måndag
    I'm reading up for my test next Monday
  4. to plug (promote)
    Författaren fick tillfälle att plugga för sin nya bok
    The writer got a chance to promote her new book

Conjugation

Conjugation of plugga (weak)
active passive
infinitive plugga pluggas
supine pluggat pluggats
imperative plugga —
imper. plural1 pluggen —
present past present past
indicative pluggar pluggade pluggas pluggades
ind. plural1 plugga pluggade pluggas pluggades
subjunctive2 plugge pluggade plugges pluggades
present participle pluggande
past participle —

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

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