tjuvstarta

Swedish

Etymology

From tjuvstart (“false start”) +‎ -a.

Verb

tjuvstarta (present tjuvstartar, preterite tjuvstartade, supine tjuvstartat, imperative tjuvstarta)

1. (sports) to make a false start
2. (figuratively) to start something earlier than normal

Conjugation

Conjugation of tjuvstarta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tjuvstarta		tjuvstartas
Supine	tjuvstartat		tjuvstartats
Imperative	tjuvstarta		—
Imper. plural1	tjuvstarten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tjuvstartar	tjuvstartade	tjuvstartas	tjuvstartades
Ind. plural1	tjuvstarta	tjuvstartade	tjuvstartas	tjuvstartades
Subjunctive2	tjuvstarte	tjuvstartade	tjuvstartes	tjuvstartades
	Participles
Present participle	tjuvstartande
Past participle	tjuvstartad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• tjuvstart (“a false start”)

See also

• tjuvkoppla

References

• tjuvstarta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tjuvstarta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)