mönja

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish menia, mynia, from Middle Low German minie, from Latin minium.

Noun

mönja c (uncountable)

1. red lead, minium

Declension

Declension of mönja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mönja	mönjas
	definite	mönjan	mönjans
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• mönjefärg
• mönjefärgad
• mönjeröd

Verb

mönja (present mönjar, preterite mönjade, supine mönjat, imperative mönja)

1. coat with red lead, paint with minium

Conjugation

Conjugation of mönja (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	mönja		mönjas
supine	mönjat		mönjats
imperative	mönja		—
imper. plural1	mönjen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	mönjar	mönjade	mönjas	mönjades
ind. plural1	mönja	mönjade	mönjas	mönjades
subjunctive2	mönje	mönjade	mönjes	mönjades
present participle		mönjande
past participle		mönjad

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

Further reading

• mönja in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker