fläta

See also: flata

Swedish

fläta

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish flætta, from Old Norse flétta, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛːta

Noun

fläta c

1. braid, plait

Declension

Declension of fläta

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	fläta	flätas
	definite	flätan	flätans
plural	indefinite	flätor	flätors
	definite	flätorna	flätornas

Verb

fläta (present flätar, preterite flätade, supine flätat, imperative fläta)

1. braid (intertwine, sometimes figuratively)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fläta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	fläta		flätas
Supine	flätat		flätats
Imperative	fläta		—
Imper. plural1	fläten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	flätar	flätade	flätas	flätades
Ind. plural1	fläta	flätade	flätas	flätades
Subjunctive2	fläte	flätade	flätes	flätades
	Participles
Present participle	flätande
Past participle	flätad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• fläta samman
• sammanfläta

See also

• omslingra

Descendants

• → Finnish: fleeta, leeta, letti, fleda

Further reading

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