inskränka
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Calque of German einschränken, equivalent to in- + skränka. Latter half of compound related to skrank and skranka (“fence”). Original sense was "put (someone) inside the fence" or "keep within the confines".
Verb
[edit]inskränka (present inskränker, preterite inskränkte, supine inskränkt, imperative inskränk)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of inskränka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | inskränka | inskränkas | ||
| Supine | inskränkt | inskränkts | ||
| Imperative | inskränk | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | inskränken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | inskränker | inskränkte | inskränks, inskränkes | inskränktes |
| Ind. plural1 | inskränka | inskränkte | inskränkas | inskränktes |
| Subjunctive2 | inskränke | inskränkte | inskränkes | inskränktes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | inskränkande | |||
| Past participle | inskränkt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- inskränka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- inskränka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- inskränka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- inskränka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)