svischa

Swedish

Etymology

Onomatopoeic

Verb

svischa (present svischar, preterite svischade, supine svischat, imperative svischa)

  1. to swish, to swoosh (make or move with a sound somewhere between a whiz and a whoosh)
    1. to whiz, to whoosh (sometimes more idiomatic in English)
      Cyklar svischade förbi
      Bikes whizzed by
      Bilar svischade förbi
      Cars whooshed by
  2. misspelling of swisha

Usage notes

"Svoscha" also occurs spontaneously, with the same intuition as for "swoosh."

Conjugation

Conjugation of svischa (weak)
active passive
infinitive svischa svischas
supine svischat svischats
imperative svischa —
imper. plural1 svischen —
present past present past
indicative svischar svischade svischas svischades
ind. plural1 svischa svischade svischas svischades
subjunctive2 svische svischade svisches svischades
present participle svischande
past participle —

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

See also

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.