gneta
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]gneta (present gnetar, preterite gnetade, supine gnetat, imperative gneta)
- to be stingy (often over petty things)
- (with ihop) to scrape together
- Vi lyckades gneta ihop 200 kr på att panta burkar
- We managed to scrape together 200 SEK recycling cans
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of gneta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gneta | gnetas | ||
| Supine | gnetat | gnetats | ||
| Imperative | gneta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | gneten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gnetar | gnetade | gnetas | gnetades |
| Ind. plural1 | gneta | gnetade | gnetas | gnetades |
| Subjunctive2 | gnete | gnetade | gnetes | gnetades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | gnetande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- gneta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gneta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gneta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gnet in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)