svämma
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Causative of the root verb of simma.
Verb
[edit]svämma (present svämmar, preterite svämmade, supine svämmat, imperative svämma)
Usage notes
[edit]Rare other than in the form svämma över.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of svämma (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | svämma | svämmas | ||
| Supine | svämmat | svämmats | ||
| Imperative | svämma | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | svämmen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | svämmar | svämmade | svämmas | svämmades |
| Ind. plural1 | svämma | svämmade | svämmas | svämmades |
| Subjunctive2 | svämme | svämmade | svämmes | svämmades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svämmande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Further reading
[edit]- svämma in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- svämma in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
- simma in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)