stadga

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish stadhga, the oblique case of staþge (“position; law”), from staþugher (“steady”). Compare Old Norse stǫð, stǫðva, stǫðugr. Doublet of stadig.

Noun

stadga c

1. steadfastness, steadiness, stability, strength
2. a bylaw (almost entirely in plural)

Declension

Declension of stadga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	stadga	stadgas
	definite	stadgan	stadgans
plural	indefinite	stadgar	stadgars
	definite	stadgarna	stadgarnas

Verb

stadga (present stadgar, preterite stadgade, supine stadgat, imperative stadga)

1. to make firm, to support
2. to constitute, to regulate, to legislate, to write bylaws
3. (reflexive) settle down

Usage notes

• 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

Conjugation of stadga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	stadga		stadgas
Supine	stadgat		stadgats
Imperative	stadga		—
Imper. plural1	stadgen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	stadgar	stadgade	stadgas	stadgades
Ind. plural1	stadga	stadgade	stadgas	stadgades
Subjunctive2	stadge	stadgade	stadges	stadgades
	Participles
Present participle	stadgande
Past participle	stadgad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

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

Anagrams

• gastad