njuta

Swedish

Etymology

Old Swedish niūta, from Old Norse njóta, from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²njʉːta/

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• Rhymes: -²ʉːta

Verb

njuta (present njuter, preterite njöt, supine njutit, imperative njut)

2. to enjoy, to indulge

   Jag njuter

   I'm really enjoying myself

   Här är vår nya låt. Lyssna och njut!

   Here's our new song. Listen and indulge!

   njuta av glass nere på stranden

   indulge in (really enjoy) ice cream down on the beach

   njuta av semestern

   enjoy one's vacation

   att slippa stress och kunna njuta av ledigheten i fulla drag

   to not have to deal with stress and be able to enjoy one's time off to the fullest ("in full drafts" – idiomatic)

   njuta frukterna av sitt arbete

   enjoy the fruits of one's labor (idiomatic)

3. (especially law) to benefit from, to enjoy (in that sense)

Usage notes

• Stronger than enjoy (hence the additional indulge translation), but often used similarly. A natural antonym would be hate rather than dislike. If you go aah, then you njuter.
• Chiefly used transitively with av in (sense 1). Having a direct object, like "njuta en måltid" (enjoy a meal), etc., sounds a bit more literary or old-fashioned. See also avnjuta.

Conjugation

Conjugation of njuta (class 2 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	njuta		njutas
Supine	njutit		njutits
Imperative	njut		—
Imper. plural1	njuten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	njuter	njöt	njuts, njutes	njöts
Ind. plural1	njuta	njöto	njutas	njötos
Subjunctive2	njute	njöte	njutes	njötes
	Participles
Present participle	njutande
Past participle	njuten
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• avnjuta
• njutare
• njutbar
• njutning
• åtnjuta

 

References

• njuta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• njuta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• njuta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)