kryssa

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• kryssene

Noun

kryssa n

1. definite plural of kryss

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• krysset

Verb

kryssa

1. inflection of krysse:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kryssa n

1. definite plural of kryss

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of Dutch kruisen. By surface analysis, kryss +‎ -a. Nautical sense attested since 1823, marking sense attested since 1931.

Verb

kryssa (present kryssar, preterite kryssade, supine kryssat, imperative kryssa)

1. to write an x in a fill-in box

   Jag kryssar för svenska som modersmål

   I mark Swedish as mother tongue.

2. (nautical) to beat, sail on a zig-zag course to make progress upwind.

Conjugation

Conjugation of kryssa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	kryssa		kryssas
supine	kryssat		kryssats
imperative	kryssa		—
imper. plural1	kryssen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	kryssar	kryssade	kryssas	kryssades
ind. plural1	kryssa	kryssade	kryssas	kryssades
subjunctive2	krysse	kryssade	krysses	kryssades
present participle		kryssande
past participle		kryssad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• kryssare
• kryssning

References

• kryss in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Anagrams

• kyssar, ryskas