dräpa

See also: drapa and dræpa

Swedish

Etymology

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

dräpa (present dräper, preterite dräpte, supine dräpt, imperative dräp)

1. (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.

Usage notes

Pretty much identical to English slay in a literary sense: Riddaren dräpte draken ― The knight slew the dragon

Conjugation

Conjugation of dräpa (weak)

	active		passive
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
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
present participle		dräpande
past participle		dräpen

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

Related terms

• dråp
• dråpare
• dräpare

See also

• döda

References

• 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)