hamstra
See also: Hamstra
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]hamstra
- inflection of hamstre:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]hamster + -a, from German hamstern, used in Swedish since the Great War 1914-1918, cognate with Danish hamstre.
Verb
[edit]hamstra (present hamstrar, preterite hamstrade, supine hamstrat, imperative hamstra)
- to hoard or gather, to stock up, to collect (large) stocks for later use (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks)
- I Stockholm uppstod en utpräglad knapphet i fråga om mjölk och fortsatt kaos på smörmarknaden, där förut hamstrat smör kastades in och nya partier hamstrades.
- In Stockholm arose a certain shortage of milk and continued chaos on the market for butter, where previously hoarded butter was sold off and new batches were hoarded.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | hamstra | hamstras | ||
| supine | hamstrat | hamstrats | ||
| imperative | hamstra | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | hamstren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | hamstrar | hamstrade | hamstras | hamstrades |
| ind. plural1 | hamstra | hamstrade | hamstras | hamstrades |
| subjunctive2 | hamstre | hamstrade | hamstres | hamstrades |
| present participle | hamstrande | |||
| past participle | hamstrad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Finnish: hamstrata