tränga
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish þrængia, from Old Norse þrøngva, from Proto-Germanic *þrangwijaną (“to press, to push”). See Danish trenge, Norwegian Bokmål trenge, Norwegian Nynorsk trenga, Icelandic þröngva.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tränga (present tränger, preterite trängde, supine trängt, imperative träng)
- to press, to push, to cram
- tränga in ― penetrate (push in)
- att trängas ― to cram together as a group of people, to force one's way
- De trängs bak i bilen ― They're crammed ("are cramming/pressing") in the back of the car
- Sluta trängas! ― Stop jostling/cramming (yourself in)!
- att tränga ut ― to crowd out
- Hären trängde fram genom fiendens territorium ― The army pressed forward through enemy territory
- Han trängde sig fram genom folkmassan ― He jostled his way through the crowd ("pressed himself forth")
Usage notes
[edit]- The intuition is to create tightness through pressing (pushing against resistance). Though usually not a natural translation, press should give the right idea.
- See the usage notes for knuffa as well. The passive forms with -s work the same way and mean is pressing.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of tränga (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | tränga | trängas | ||
Supine | trängt | trängts | ||
Imperative | träng | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | trängen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | tränger | trängde | trängs, tränges | trängdes |
Ind. plural1 | tränga | trängde | trängas | trängdes |
Subjunctive2 | tränge | trängde | tränges | trängdes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | trängande | |||
Past participle | trängd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
[edit]- trängsel (“crowdedness, crush, throng”)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- tränga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tränga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tränga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tränga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)