dreja

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German dreien, from Old Saxon thrāian, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną.

Verb

dreja (present drejar, preterite drejade, supine drejat, imperative dreja)

1. to throw (form clay into objects with the help of a potter's wheel)
   • 2000 December 18, “Salomos vishet 15:7”, in Bibel 2000‎^[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 2025-03-05:

     Men av samma jord drejar [krukmakaren] både kärl för rena ändamål och kärl av motsatt slag.

     But out of the same clay, the potter throws both vessels that serve clean uses and vessels of the opposite kind.

   • 2015 December 19, Per Stahre, “Ännu ingen plats för Hertha Hillfons konst”, in Sveriges Radio‎^[2], archived from the original on 2025-03-05:

     Efter att hon bakade bröd så drejade hon en skål.

     After she baked bread, she threw a bowl.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dreja (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	dreja		drejas
supine	drejat		drejats
imperative	dreja		—
imper. plural1	drejen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	drejar	drejade	drejas	drejades
ind. plural1	dreja	drejade	drejas	drejades
subjunctive2	dreje	drejade	drejes	drejades
present participle		drejande
past participle		drejad

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

References

• dreja in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• dreja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)