dräpa

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See also: drapa and dræpa

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dræpa, Old Norse drepa (“to hit; to kill”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-. Doublet of drabba and träffa.

Verb

dräpa (present dräper, preterite dräpte, supine dräpt, imperative dräp)

  1. (poetic and regional) to kill, to commit manslaughter
    • 1890 P. P. Waldenström, Genom norra Amerikas förenta stater, page 360
      Cronin hade blifvit kallad till sjukbesök. Inkommen i huset befann han sig midt i hopen af mördare, som utan försköning dråpo honom, hvarefter de stoppade ned hans lik i en gatubrunn, der det sedan återfans vid rensning af kloakrören.
      Cronin had been called to a doctor's visit. In the house, he found himself in the midst of murderers, who without mercy killed him, after which they stuffed his corpse down a manhole, where it was later found when the sewage pipes were cleaned.

Usage notes

Pretty much identical to English slay in a literary sense: Riddaren dräpte draken ― The knight slew the dragon

Conjugation

Conjugation of dräpa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive dräpa dräpas
Supine dräpt dräpts
Imperative dräp —
Imper. plural1 dräpen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative dräper dräpte dräps, dräpes dräptes
Ind. plural1 dräpa dräpte dräpas dräptes
Subjunctive2 dräpe dräpte dräpes dräptes
Participles
Present participle dräpande
Past participle dräpt
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Conjugation of dräpa (class 5 strong, archaic)
Active Passive
Infinitive dräpa dräpas
Supine dräpit dräpits
Imperative dräp —
Imper. plural1 dräpen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative dräper drap dräps, dräpes draps
Ind. plural1 dräpa dråpo dräpas dråpos
Subjunctive2 dräpe dråpe dräpes dråpes
Participles
Present participle dräpande
Past participle dräpen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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References

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