fjädra
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]fjädra (present fjädrar, preterite fjädrade, supine fjädrat, imperative fjädra)
- to softly flex (elastically) under pressure (of or similar to a (set of) spring(s))
- en fjädrande yta
- a resilient/springy surface
- en fjädrande madrass
- a sprung mattress
- Bilsätet fjädrar för mycket
- The car seat is too soft / flexes too much
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fjädra | fjädras | ||
| supine | fjädrat | fjädrats | ||
| imperative | fjädra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | fjädren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fjädrar | fjädrade | fjädras | fjädrades |
| ind. plural1 | fjädra | fjädrade | fjädras | fjädrades |
| subjunctive2 | fjädre | fjädrade | fjädres | fjädrades |
| present participle | fjädrande | |||
| past participle | fjädrad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]fjädra (present fjädrar, preterite fjädrade, supine fjädrat, imperative fjädra)
- (reflexive) to feather (grow feathers, of a bird or the like)
- (reflexive, figuratively) to show off
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fjädra | — | ||
| supine | fjädrat | — | ||
| imperative | fjädra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | fjädren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fjädrar | fjädrade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | fjädra | fjädrade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | fjädre | fjädrade | — | — |
| present participle | fjädrande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.