bredsida

Swedish

Etymology

bred (“broad”) +‎ sida (“side”)

Noun

bredsida c

1. (nautical) a broadside (long side of a vessel or other more-or-less rectangular object)

   Synonym: långsida

2. (nautical) a broadside (simultaneous firing of all guns on one side of a vessel)

   fyra av en bredsida mot fästningen

   fire a broadside at the fortress

3. (figuratively) a broadside (bout of strong criticism)
4. a sidefoot (shot with the side of the foot (in soccer))

Declension

Declension of bredsida

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bredsida	bredsidas
	definite	bredsidan	bredsidans
plural	indefinite	bredsidor	bredsidors
	definite	bredsidorna	bredsidornas

Verb

bredsida (present bredsidar, preterite bredsidade, supine bredsidat, imperative bredsida)

1. to sidefoot (shoot with the side of the foot (in soccer))

Conjugation

Conjugation of bredsida (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	bredsida		bredsidas
supine	bredsidat		bredsidats
imperative	bredsida		—
imper. plural1	bredsiden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bredsidar	bredsidade	bredsidas	bredsidades
ind. plural1	bredsida	bredsidade	bredsidas	bredsidades
subjunctive2	bredside	bredsidade	bredsides	bredsidades
present participle		bredsidande
past participle		bredsidad

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

References

• bredsida in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bredsida in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bredsida in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)