spjärna

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish spiærna, from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.

Verb

spjärna (present spjärnar, preterite spjärnade, supine spjärnat, imperative spjärna)

1. (usually with a particle like emot or mot) to push back, to resist (literally or figuratively)

   Han spjärnade emot med fötterna

   He pushed back with his feet

Conjugation

Conjugation of spjärna (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	spjärna		spjärnas
supine	spjärnat		spjärnats
imperative	spjärna		—
imper. plural1	spjärnen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	spjärnar	spjärnade	spjärnas	spjärnades
ind. plural1	spjärna	spjärnade	spjärnas	spjärnades
subjunctive2	spjärne	spjärnade	spjärnes	spjärnades
present participle		spjärnande
past participle		—

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• spjärn

References

• spjärna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spjärna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spjärna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• spjärna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)