gräma
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish græmia, græma, from Old Norse gremja, from Proto-Germanic *gramjaną. Cognate of German grämen, Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gramjan), Old English gremman. Doublet of gramse.
Verb
[edit]gräma (present grämer, preterite grämde, supine grämt, imperative gräm)
- to make bitter and irritated
- Det grämde honom att han sålt aktierna så tidigt
- It irked him that he had sold the stocks so early
- (reflexive) to fret (often over a mistake)
- Han grämde sig över sitt misstag
- He was beating himself up over his mistake
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of gräma (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gräma | grämas | ||
| Supine | grämt | grämts | ||
| Imperative | gräm | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | grämen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | grämer | grämde | gräms, grämes | grämdes |
| Ind. plural1 | gräma | grämde | grämas | grämdes |
| Subjunctive2 | gräme | grämde | grämes | grämdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | grämande | |||
| Past participle | grämd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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