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Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fœða (“food”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdô, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-. Cognate with Danish føde, Icelandic fæða, English food.
Noun
föda c (uncountable)
- food; sustenance
Är han gammal nog att äta fast föda än?- Is he old enough to eat solid food yet?
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föda
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födan
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födas
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Etymology 2
From Old Swedish fø̄þa, from Old Norse fœða (“to feed, to give birth”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdijaną. Cognate with Danish føde, Icelandic fæða, English feed, Dutch voeden.
Verb
föda (present föder, preterite födde, supine fött, imperative föd)
- (intransitive, transitive) to feed (provide with nutrition)
- Synonym: (chiefly of animals or of actively feeding someone) mata
Vi har ett helt regemente att föda- We have a whole regiment to feed (mata sounds a bit childish (as if actively being fed like an animal or small child) or colloquial here)
- (intransitive, transitive) to give birth (to)
Hon födde en son- She gave birth to a son
- (passive voice, intransitive) to be born
När föddes hon?- When was she born?
1971, Contact (lyrics and music), “Fyrvaktarns dotter [The lighthouse keeper's daughter]”, in Utmarker [Outfields]:Hon föddes i kostern på väg in mot land, liten och tunn i bränningens kittel. Stormarna hälsade henne till livet, men moderns själ bar de till himlen. Och klockorna sjöng i Dyrö församling. De ringde för fyrvaktarns [fyrvaktarens] dotter.- She was born in the koster on the way to land, small and thin in the cauldron of the surf. The storms greeted her to life, but her mother's soul they bore to heaven. And the bells sang in Dyrö parish. They were ringing for the lighthouse keeper's daughter.
Usage notes
The passive födas (literally, "to be given birth to") is used for "to be born." Though etymologically unrelated, compare English "bear a child" and "be born."
Conjugation
Conjugation of föda (weak)
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