tärna
Appearance
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse þerna (“servant girl, maid”).
Noun
[edit]tärna c
- a bridesmaid
- (archaic, modern use in specific contexts) young woman
- Lucia har ofta ett följe av tärnor.
- Lucia is often accompanied by a choir of young women.
- Lucia har ofta ett följe av tärnor.
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse þerna (“tern”).
Noun
[edit]tärna c
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | tärna | tärnas |
definite | tärnan | tärnans | |
plural | indefinite | tärnor | tärnors |
definite | tärnorna | tärnornas |
Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]tärna (present tärnar, preterite tärnade, supine tärnat, imperative tärna)
- (cooking) to dice (cut into (small) cubes, usually of food)
- Tärna potatisen
- Dice the potatoes
- tärnade morötter
- diced carrots
Declension
[edit]active | passive | |||
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infinitive | tärna | tärnas | ||
supine | tärnat | tärnats | ||
imperative | tärna | — | ||
imper. plural1 | tärnen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | tärnar | tärnade | tärnas | tärnades |
ind. plural1 | tärna | tärnade | tärnas | tärnades |
subjunctive2 | tärne | tärnade | tärnes | tärnades |
present participle | tärnande | |||
past participle | tärnad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
[edit]- tärna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tärna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tärna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
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- Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish terms with archaic senses
- sv:Zoology
- Swedish terms suffixed with -a
- Swedish verbs
- sv:Cooking
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- Swedish weak verbs