gagna

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

gagna

third-person singular past historic of gagner

Anagrams

ganga

Icelandic

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -akna

Etymology 1

Verb

gagna

(impersonal) to help, to please, to be of use

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Noun

gagna

indefinite genitive plural of gagn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

gagne

Etymology

From Old Norse gagna.

Verb

gagna (present tense gagnar, past tense gagna, past participle gagna, passive infinitive gagnast, present participle gagnande, imperative gagna/gagn)

to benefit, to be of gain (to)
Kva gagnar det oss, at Jesus stod upp?
How does it benefit us that Jesus rose?

Related terms

References

“gagna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

gagn +‎ -a, from Old Norse gagna. Compare Danish gavne.

Verb

gagna (present gagnar, preterite gagnade, supine gagnat, imperative gagna)

to benefit, to be of gain (to)
Räntesänkningen har gagnat mig
Falling rates have benefited me

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gagna* (weak)
	active		passive
infinitive	gagna		gagnas
supine	gagnat		gagnats
imperative	gagna		—
imper. plural¹	gagnen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	gagnar	gagnade	gagnas	gagnades
ind. plural¹	gagna	gagnade	gagnas	gagnades
subjunctive²	gagne	gagnade	gagnes	gagnades

present participle		gagnande
past participle		gagnad

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

Related terms

begagna

References

Anagrams

gnaga