krympa

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse krimpa, from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪmpa/
  • Rhymes: -ɪmpa
  • Hyphenation: krym‧pa

Verb

krympa (third person singular past indicative krympaði, third person plural past indicative krympaðu, supine krympað)

  1. (intransitive) to shrink

Conjugation

Conjugation of krympa (group v-30)
infinitive krympa
supine krympað
present past
first singular krympi krympaði
second singular krympar krympaði
third singular krympar krympaði
plural krympa krympaðu
participle (a6)1 krympandi krympaður
imperative
singular krympa!
plural krympið!

1Only the past participle being declined.

References

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish krympa, from Old Norse krimpa (Compare Old West Norse kreppa), from Proto-Germanic *krimpaną.

Verb

krympa (present krymper, preterite krympte, supine krympt, imperative krymp)

  1. to shrink (become smaller)
  2. to shrink (make smaller)
    Älskling, jag krympte barnen
    Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (movie title, 1989)

Conjugation

Conjugation of krympa (weak)
active passive
infinitive krympa krympas
supine krympt krympts
imperative krymp
imper. plural1 krympen
present past present past
indicative krymper krympte krymps, krympes krymptes
ind. plural1 krympa krympte krympas krymptes
subjunctive2 krympe krympte krympes krymptes
present participle krympande
past participle krympt

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

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