skylta
Swedish
Etymology
Verb
skylta (present skyltar, preterite skyltade, supine skyltat, imperative skylta)
- to put up (traffic) signs
- Vägen är inte skyltad
- The road has no signs
- to publicly display (goods, for example in a shop window)
- (figuratively, with med) to display openly, to broadcast, to flaunt
- Att man fått sparken från tio företag är inget man skyltar med på sitt CV
- That you've gotten fired from ten companies is not something you flaunt on your CV
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skylta | skyltas | ||
| supine | skyltat | skyltats | ||
| imperative | skylta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skylten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skyltar | skyltade | skyltas | skyltades |
| ind. plural1 | skylta | skyltade | skyltas | skyltades |
| subjunctive2 | skylte | skyltade | skyltes | skyltades |
| present participle | skyltande | |||
| past participle | skyltad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
References
- skylta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- skylta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- skylta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)