ta av

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• taka av, take av (long forms)

Verb

ta av (present tense tar av or tek av, past tense tok av, supine tatt av or teke av, past participle tatt av or teken av or avtatt or avteken, present participle avtakande, imperative ta av)

1. (intransitive) to decrease in size or importance
2. (intransitive) to lose weight
3. (transitive) to experience a weight loss of
4. (transitive or ditransitive) to doff, to remove
5. (transitive) to turn off
6. (intransitive, card games) to split a shuffled deck of cards in half and put the top half under the bottom half, before handing out the cards
7. (intransitive, of an aircraft or spacecraft) to take off (to leave the ground and ascend into the air)
8. (intransitive, by extension) to flourish, become successful
9. (intransitive) to rise rapidly and suddenly
10. (intransitive) to get carried away
11. (transitive, dated) to depict, imitate

Synonyms

• (of aircraft or spacecraft: to take off): å lette

Derived terms

• avtak n
• avtaking f

Swedish

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /tɑː ˈɑːv/, /ta ˈɑːv/

Verb

ta av (present tar av, preterite tog av, supine tagit av, imperative ta av)

1. take off, remove (piece of clothing, jewelry, etc.)

   Antonym: ta på

Conjugation

Conjugation of ta (class 6 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	ta av		—
supine	tagit av		—
imperative	ta av		—
imper. plural1	tan av		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	tar av	tog av	—	—
ind. plural1	ta av	togo av	—	—
subjunctive2	ta av	toge av	—	—
present participle		avtagande
past participle		avtagen

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

Derived terms

• ta av sig

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑː ɑːv/

Verb

ta av (present tar av, preterite tog av, supine tagit av, imperative ta av)

1. take from (a certain supply), use

Conjugation

Conjugation of ta (class 6 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	ta av		—
supine	tagit av		—
imperative	ta av		—
imper. plural1	tan av		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	tar av	tog av	—	—
ind. plural1	ta av	togo av	—	—
subjunctive2	ta av	toge av	—	—
present participle		—
past participle		—

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

See also

• avta

Anagrams

• avat, avta