kränga
See also: kranga
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish krängia, from Old Norse krinkr, from Proto-Germanic *kringaz (“circle, ring”).
Verb
[edit]kränga (present kränger, preterite krängde, supine krängt, imperative kräng)
- to heel, to careen
- Fartyget krängde åt babord
- The ship heeled to port
- (often with a particle specifying a direction, like på or av) to pull (something) over something (or the reverse), with some difficulty, with a wriggling motion or the like, usually of putting on or taking off clothes or putting tires on rims
- Han krängde på sig våtdräkten
- He squeezed himself into the wetsuit / wrangled into the wetsuit
- Hon krängde på sig ryggsäcken
- She hoisted the backpack onto her back
- Han krängde av sig sin trikå
- He peeled himself out of his tights
- kränga ett däck på en fälg
- put a tire on a rim
- (slang) to sell
- (slang) to eat
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of kränga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | kränga | krängas | ||
| Supine | krängt | krängts | ||
| Imperative | kräng | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | krängen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | kränger | krängde | krängs, kränges | krängdes |
| Ind. plural1 | kränga | krängde | krängas | krängdes |
| Subjunctive2 | kränge | krängde | kränges | krängdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | krängande | |||
| Past participle | krängd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||