svassa

Swedish

Etymology

Older meaning "babble", from German schwatzen. Change in meaning likely due to analogy with svansa.

Verb

svassa (present svassar, preterite svassade, supine svassat, imperative svassa)

  1. strut (walk haughtily or proudly)

Usage notes

Typically with the adverbs omkring or runt.

Conjugation

Conjugation of svassa (weak)
active passive
infinitive svassa svassas
supine svassat svassats
imperative svassa —
imper. plural1 svassen —
present past present past
indicative svassar svassade svassas svassades
ind. plural1 svassa svassade svassas svassades
subjunctive2 svasse svassade svasses svassades
present participle svassande
past participle —

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

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References

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