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]Conjugation of synas (weak)
| 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 |
| Participles | ||||
| 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.
- synas in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)