stifta
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Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]stifta n
Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]stifta
- simple past and past participle of stifte
Alternative forms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]stifta n
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Swedish stikta, from Middle Low German stichten, from Proto-West Germanic *stiftijan conflated with *stihtijan.
Verb
[edit]stifta (present stiftar, preterite stiftade, supine stiftat, imperative stifta)
- to (formally) create or establish
- att stifta lagar
- to make laws
- (idiomatic, in "stifta bekantskap med") to get acquainted with (someone, or figuratively something)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of stifta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | stifta | stiftas | ||
| Supine | stiftat | stiftats | ||
| Imperative | stifta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | stiften | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | stiftar | stiftade | stiftas | stiftades |
| Ind. plural1 | stifta | stiftade | stiftas | stiftades |
| Subjunctive2 | stifte | stiftade | stiftes | stiftades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | stiftande | |||
| Past participle | stiftad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- lära känna (“get to know”)
References
[edit]- stifta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- stifta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- stifta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- stifta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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- Norwegian Bokmål non-lemma forms
- Norwegian Bokmål noun forms
- Norwegian Bokmål verb forms
- Norwegian Nynorsk non-lemma forms
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- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish idioms
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