blekna
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]blekna (present bleknar, preterite bleknade, supine bleknat, imperative blekna)
- (intransitive) to pale; to become pale
- (sometimes with bort (“away”)) to fade
- Minnena började blekna bort
- The memories began to fade away
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of blekna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | blekna | — | ||
| Supine | bleknat | — | ||
| Imperative | blekna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | bleknen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | bleknar | bleknade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | blekna | bleknade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | blekne | bleknade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | bleknande | |||
| Past participle | bleknad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- blekna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- blekna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- blekna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)