smälta
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish smælta, from Old Norse *smelta, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]smälta c
Declension
[edit]Declension of smälta
Derived terms
[edit]Verb
[edit]smälta (present smälter, preterite smälte or smalt, supine smält or smultit, imperative smält)
- (intransitive) thaw; melt; become fluid.
- Vinterns första snö brukar smälta så snart den når marken
- The first snow of the winter usually melts as soon as it meets the ground
- Glassen smälte/smalt i solen
- The ice cream melted in the sun
- (transitive) melt (the act of making something become fluid)
- Han smälte ner guldet
- He melted the gold
- (transitive) digest (food)
- smälta maten i lugn och ro
- digest one's food in peace
- (transitive, figuratively) process, digest (take in, mentally, and often come to terms with)
- Jag försöker fortfarande smälta nyheten
- I'm still trying to process the news
- Jag kommer nog behöva lite tid att smälta det här
- I will probably need some time to process this
- Det är svårt att smälta att han inte längre finns / att vi är i final
- It's hard to process that he's no longer here / that we're in the finals
- smälta intrycken från resan
- process the impressions from the trip
- eleverna behöver tid att smälta materialet
- [the] students need time to digest the material
Usage notes
[edit]The strong declension (smalt, smultit) can only be used in the intransitive sense, whereas the weak declension (smälte, smält) can be used for both first and second senses.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of smälta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | smälta | smältas | ||
| Supine | smält | smälts | ||
| Imperative | smält | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | smälten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | smälter | smälte | smälts, smältes | smältes |
| Ind. plural1 | smälta | smälte | smältas | smältes |
| Subjunctive2 | smälte | smälte | smältes | smältes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | smältande | |||
| Past participle | smält | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of smälta (class 3 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | smälta | — | ||
| Supine | smultit | — | ||
| Imperative | smält | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | smälten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | smälter | smalt | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | smälta | smulto | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | smälte | smulte | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | smältande | |||
| Past participle | smulten | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
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