nagga
Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]nagga (present naggar, preterite naggade, supine naggat, imperative nagga)
- to break off one or more small pieces from (so as to damage); to chip, to chip away, to gnaw
- En mus hade naggat på brödbiten
- A mouse had gnawed on the piece of bread
- Kaffekoppen var naggad i kanten
- The coffee cup had a chipped edge
- (in the perfect participle "naggad") having an appearance like having been chipped (especially of leaves)
- naggade blad
- crenate leaves
- (figuratively) to wear on, to gnaw, to gnaw away at
- naggande tvivel
- gnawing doubts
- De dåliga recensionerna naggade på hans självförtroende
- The bad reviews wore on his confidence
- nagga på intäkterna
- gnaw away at the revenue
- nagga något/någon i kanten
- chip/gnaw at the edge of something/someone (common turn of phrase – reduce or wear on)
- (in the expression "(liten men) naggande god" ((small but) gnawing/chipping good)) very good, excellent
- 2022, Herr Talman, season 1, episode 6, spoken by Ulf Kristersson:
- Jag e en ledare med groove / Smooth e min metod / Jag e liten men naggande god
- I'm a leader with groove / Smooth is my metod / I'm small but really cool
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nagga | naggas | ||
| supine | naggat | naggats | ||
| imperative | nagga | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | naggen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | naggar | naggade | naggas | naggades |
| ind. plural1 | nagga | naggade | naggas | naggades |
| subjunctive2 | nagge | naggade | nagges | naggades |
| present participle | naggande | |||
| past participle | naggad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.