dräpa
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish dræpa, Old Norse drepa (“to hit; to kill”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-. Doublet of drabba and träffa.
Verb
[edit]dräpa (present dräper, preterite dräpte, supine dräpt, imperative dräp)
- (poetic and regional) to kill, to commit manslaughter
- 1890 P. P. Waldenström, Genom norra Amerikas förenta stater, page 360
- Cronin hade blifvit kallad till sjukbesök. Inkommen i huset befann han sig midt i hopen af mördare, som utan försköning dråpo honom, hvarefter de stoppade ned hans lik i en gatubrunn, der det sedan återfans vid rensning af kloakrören.
- Cronin had been called to a doctor's visit. In the house, he found himself in the midst of murderers, who without mercy killed him, after which they stuffed his corpse down a manhole, where it was later found when the sewage pipes were cleaned.
- 1890 P. P. Waldenström, Genom norra Amerikas förenta stater, page 360
Usage notes
[edit]Pretty much identical to English slay in a literary sense: Riddaren dräpte draken ― The knight slew the dragon
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of dräpa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | dräpa | dräpas | ||
Supine | dräpt | dräpts | ||
Imperative | dräp | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | dräpen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | dräper | dräpte | dräps, dräpes | dräptes |
Ind. plural1 | dräpa | dräpte | dräpas | dräptes |
Subjunctive2 | dräpe | dräpte | dräpes | dräptes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | dräpande | |||
Past participle | dräpt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Conjugation of dräpa (class 5 strong, archaic)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | dräpa | dräpas | ||
Supine | dräpit | dräpits | ||
Imperative | dräp | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | dräpen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | dräper | drap | dräps, dräpes | draps |
Ind. plural1 | dräpa | dråpo | dräpas | dråpos |
Subjunctive2 | dräpe | dråpe | dräpes | dråpes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | dräpande | |||
Past participle | dräpen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- dräpa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- dräpa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- dräpa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- dräpa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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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
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish doublets
- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish weak verbs
- Swedish strong verbs
- Swedish class 5 strong verbs