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Swedish
Etymology
för- (“en-”) + tunna (“thin”)
Verb
förtunna (present förtunnar, preterite förtunnade, supine förtunnat, imperative förtunna)
- (usually in the passive or past participle) to thin, to dilute (literally or figuratively)
- Synonym: tunna ut
Ozonskitet har förtunnats med tjugo procent- The ozone layer has thinned ("been thinned") by twenty percent
Läkemedlet förtunnar blodet / är blodförtunnande- The drug thins the blood / is a blood thinner ("is blood thinning")
Conjugation
Conjugation of förtunna (weak)
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