knäsätta
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Swedish
Etymology
knä + sätta. Attested since 1657 in the sense "recognize a child as one's own". Cognate of Old Norse knésetja.
Verb
knäsätta (present knäsätter, preterite knäsatte, supine knäsatt, imperative knäsätt)
Conjugation
Conjugation of knäsätta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | knäsätta | knäsättas | ||
| Supine | knäsatt | knäsatts | ||
| Imperative | knäsätt | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | knäsätten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | knäsätter | knäsatte | knäsätts, knäsättes | knäsattes |
| Ind. plural1 | knäsätta | knäsatte | knäsättas | knäsattes |
| Subjunctive2 | knäsätte | knäsatte | knäsättes | knäsattes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | knäsättande | |||
| Past participle | knäsatt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||