nyttja
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Related to nytta (“benefit”), njuta. From Old Swedish nytia, from Proto-Germanic *nutjōną
Verb
[edit]nyttja (present nyttjar, preterite nyttjade, supine nyttjat, imperative nyttja)
- to use, to make use of for benefit
- att nyttja eller utnyttja ett erbjudande
- to use [make gainful use of] or take advantage of an offer [to illustrate the difference – often more or less interchangeable, but utnyttja might imply exploitation when contrasted with nyttja in this particular example, like in English]
- to use ((legal) drugs)
- Synonym: (more idiomatic for illegal drugs) bruka
- nyttja tobak
- use tobacco
- nyttja alkohol
- consume alcohol
Usage notes
[edit]- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | nyttja | nyttjas | ||
| supine | nyttjat | nyttjats | ||
| imperative | nyttja | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | nyttjen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | nyttjar | nyttjade | nyttjas | nyttjades |
| ind. plural1 | nyttja | nyttjade | nyttjas | nyttjades |
| subjunctive2 | nyttje | nyttjade | nyttjes | nyttjades |
| present participle | nyttjande | |||
| past participle | nyttjad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.