dröja
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish drøghia, drøgha (Causative of dragha).
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]dröja (present dröjer, preterite dröjde, supine dröjt, imperative dröj)
- to not occur or do immediately; to linger, to wait, to last, to hold (the telephone)
- Var god dröj
- Please hold
- Det kommer dröja innan det sker
- It's going to be a while before it happens
- Det dröjer ännu fyrtio dagar, så skall Nineve bliva omstörtat.
- Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown (Jonah 3:4)
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dröja | — | ||
| supine | dröjt | — | ||
| imperative | dröj | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | dröjen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | dröjer | dröjde | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | dröja | dröjde | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | dröje | dröjde | — | — |
| present participle | dröjande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- dröja in Svensk ordbok.