lösa
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See also: losa
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]lösa
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Swedish lø̄sa, from Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną.
Verb
[edit]lösa (present löser, preterite löste, supine löst, imperative lös)
- to solve (a problem)
- Han kunde inte lösa det svåraste problemet
- He couldn't solve the most difficult problem
- (reflexive) to work out (resolve itself, of a problem)
- Oroa dig inte! Det löser sig.
- Don't worry! It'll work out.
- (reflexive) to dissolve (of a substance)
- Natriumklorid löser sig lätt i vatten
- Sodium chloride dissolves easily in water
- (sometimes with upp) to dissolve (make something enter a solution)
- Lös två teskedar salt i vattnet
- Dissolve two teaspoons of salt in the water
- (sometimes with upp) to loosen ((of) something that binds)
- lösa upp en knut
- release a knot (knyta upp (“untie”) is more common)
- (by extension) to release, to set free
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of lösa (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | lösa | lösas | ||
Supine | löst | lösts | ||
Imperative | lös | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | lösen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | löser | löste | löses | löstes |
Ind. plural1 | lösa | löste | lösas | löstes |
Subjunctive2 | löse | löste | löses | löstes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | lösande | |||
Past participle | löst | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
[edit]- avlösa
- det löser sig, sa han som sket i vasken
- förlösa
- inlösa
- lösa in
- lösa ut
- lösning
- upplösa
- utlösa
References
[edit]- lösa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lösa sig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lösa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lösa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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