skrämma
See also: skramma
Swedish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]skrämma (present skrämmer, preterite skrämde, supine skrämt, imperative skräm)
- to scare, to frighten
- Du skrämde mig
- You scared me
- en skrämmande utveckling
- a frightening development
- skrämma bort någon
- scare someone away
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma slag på någon") to really scare someone (closest in strength), to terrify someone, to scare the bejesus/hell/shit out of someone (literally, "scare stroke on someone," as in make them have a stroke – not vulgar)
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma livet ur någon") to scare the life out of someone, to scare the hell out of someone
- (idiomatic, vulgar, in "skrämma skiten ur någon") to scare the shit out of someone
- Du kunde knackat. Du skrämde skiten ur mig!
- You could have knocked. You scared the shit out of me!
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma någon från vettet" / "skrämma vettet ur någon") to scare someone out of their mind, to scare someone out of their wits (compare vettskrämd)
Usage notes
[edit]The passive skrämmas usually has an active meaning as well.
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | skrämma | skrämmas | ||
| supine | skrämt | skrämts | ||
| imperative | skräm | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | skrämmen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | skrämmer | skrämde | skräms, skrämmes | skrämdes |
| ind. plural1 | skrämma | skrämde | skrämmas | skrämdes |
| subjunctive2 | skrämme | skrämde | skrämmes | skrämdes |
| present participle | skrämmande | |||
| past participle | skrämd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]- skrämma upp (close to synonymous, but often implies making someone scared for longer, "getting someone into a frightened state" – like the intuition might be for "scare up" if it was used in English)
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Danish: skræmme