mörda
See also: morda
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish myrþa, from Old Norse myrða.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]mörda (present mördar, preterite mördade, supine mördat, imperative mörda)
- to murder, (not specifically, but through being a form of murder – see also lönnmörda) to assassinate
- 1964, Cornelis Vreeswijk (lyrics and music), “Mördar-Anders [the -e disappears in compound] [Murderer Anders]”, in Visor och oförskämdheter [Songs and rudeness/impertinences][1]:
- Mördar-Anders, det är jag, det är jag. Mördar-Anders, det är jag, det är jag. Mördar-Anders, det är jag. Jag ska halshuggas idag, enligt Svea rikes lag – ta mig fan. Jag har mördat fyra män, fyra män. Jag har mördat fyra män, fyra män. Jag har mördat fyra män, är de ej i himmelen, lär jag träffa dom igen – ta mig fan.
- Murderer Anders, that is me, that is me. Murderer Anders, that is me, that is me. Murderer Anders, that is me. I'm getting beheaded today. According to the Kingdom of the Swedes' [see Svea rike] law – I'll be damned. I have murdered four men, four men. I have murdered four men, four men. I have murdered four men. If they're not in heaven, I'm bound to meet them again – I'll be damned.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of mörda (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | mörda | mördas | ||
| Supine | mördat | mördats | ||
| Imperative | mörda | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | mörden | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | mördar | mördade | mördas | mördades |
| Ind. plural1 | mörda | mördade | mördas | mördades |
| Subjunctive2 | mörde | mördade | mördes | mördades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | mördande | |||
| Past participle | mördad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]- lönnmörda (“assassinate”)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- mörda in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- mörda in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- mörda in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)