bränna
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish brænna, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.
Verb
[edit]bränna (present bränner, preterite brände, supine bränt, imperative bränn)
- (transitive, intransitive) to burn (something – see the usage notes below)
- to burn with fire
- to injure by heat or caustic chemicals
- to record on a read-only medium
- (transitive, intransitive) to fire (heat (pottery, etc.))
- (transitive, intransitive) to overheat food; to heat the food until it is blackened.
- Jag råkade bränna hamburgarna. Vill du ha dem ändå?
- I accidentally burned the hamburgers. Do you want them anyway?
- (reflexive) to hurt oneself by touching a hot object
- Se upp så att du inte bränner dig på plåten!
- Be careful so that you don't burn yourself on the tray!
- (reflexive) to get badly sunburned
- (reflexive) to get stung by certain animals or plants which cause a burning sensation in human skin
- Coordinate term: sticka (“sting”)
- stung by nettles or similar
- stung by jellyfishes or similar
- stung by bumblebees
- 2016 December 9, Strengnäs Tidning, page 3:
- När jag räddade en humla från en säker drunkningsdöd brände den mig på handen innan den flög iväg.
- When I saved a bumblebee from certain drowning, it stung me on the hand before flying away.
- Synonym: sticka
- to hurt; as of a sunburn
- to produce liquor (especially illegally)
- to produce calcium oxide (burnt lime) from calcium carbonate through heating
Usage notes
[edit]- "The house is burning" is "Huset brinner" rather than "Huset bränner." "Huset bränner" means that the house is burning something else. As a nonsensical example, "Huset bränner det andra huset med en eldkastare" means "The house is burning the other house with a flamethrower."
- See also brännas, which has additional meanings.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bränna (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | bränna | brännas | ||
Supine | bränt | bränts | ||
Imperative | bränn | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | brännen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | bränner | brände | bränns, brännes | brändes |
Ind. plural1 | bränna | brände | brännas | brändes |
Subjunctive2 | bränne | brände | brännes | brändes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | brännande | |||
Past participle | bränd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]bränna c
- (colloquial) a tan (suntan)
- Synonym: solbränna
- få en fin bränna
- get a nice tan
Declension
[edit]Declension of bränna
References
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- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish transitive verbs
- Swedish intransitive verbs
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish reflexive verbs
- Swedish terms with quotations
- Swedish weak verbs
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish colloquialisms