svinga

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• svinget
• svingte (simple past)
• svingt (past participle)

Verb

svinga

1. inflection of svinge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• svinge

Etymology

From German schwingen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sʋɪŋːɑ/

Verb

svinga (present tense svingar, past tense svinga, past participle svinga, passive infinitive svingast, present participle svingande, imperative svinga/sving)

1. to turn

   Sving til venstre i neste kryss.

   Turn left at the next crossroads.

2. to swing

   Krigaren svinga sverdet.

   The warrior swung his sword.

References

• “svinga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Verb

svinga (present svingar, preterite svingade, supine svingat, imperative svinga)

1. to swing (move (something) in an arcing motion)

   svinga ett svärd/slagträ

   swing a sword/bat

Conjugation

Conjugation of svinga (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	svinga		svingas
supine	svingat		svingats
imperative	svinga		—
imper. plural1	svingen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	svingar	svingade	svingas	svingades
ind. plural1	svinga	svingade	svingas	svingades
subjunctive2	svinge	svingade	svinges	svingades
present participle		svingande
past participle		svingad

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

Related terms

• schvung
• sving

See also

• slänga

References

• svinga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svinga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svinga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)