synas
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Verb
[edit]synas (present tense synes, past tense syntes, supine syns)
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse sýnask (“to appear”), from sýna, whence syna.
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]synas (present syns, preterite syntes, supine synts, imperative syns)
- to be visible
- Den är osynlig, så den syns inte
- It's invisible, so it's not visible
- have as appearance; to appear, to seem
- to meet each other (by happenstance)
- passive infinitive of syna
- present passive of syna
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | — | synas | ||
| supine | — | synts | ||
| imperative | — | syns | ||
| imper. plural1 | — | synens | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | — | — | syns, synes | syntes |
| ind. plural1 | — | — | synas | syntes |
| subjunctive2 | — | — | synes | syntes |
| present participle | synandes | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- synas in Svensk ordbok.