hålla andan
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From hålla (“hold”) + andan (“one's breath”).
Verb
[edit]hålla andan (present håller andan, preterite höll andan, supine hållit andan, imperative håll andan)
- to hold one's breath
- 1986, Magnus Uggla (lyrics and music), “Fula gubbar [Dirty old men]”[1]:
- Han har blonderat sitt gråa hår, och lyft bort fett ifrån höft och lår, för att slippa hålla andan på Norderstrand, i jakten på en konfirmand.
- He has dyed his gray hair blond, and removed [lifted off/away] fat from his hips and thighs [from hip and thigh], so as to [in order to] not have to hold his breath on Norderstrand [beach in Visby on Gotland], in the hunt for a confirmand [person undergoing religious confirmation, usually 13-15 years old].
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hålla andan | — | ||
| supine | hållit andan | — | ||
| imperative | håll andan | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | hållen andan | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | håller andan | höll andan | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | hålla andan | höllo andan | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | hålle andan | hölle andan | — | — |
| present participle | — | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.