lämna

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier lemna, from Old Swedish limna, lifna, from Old Norse lifna, inchoative of Proto-Germanic *lībaną (“to remain, to be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-.

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Verb

lämna (present lämnar, preterite lämnade, supine lämnat, imperative lämna)

  1. to leave; to not take away with oneself but leave as available for others; to deposit
  2. to leave; to transfer responsibility or attention (to)
  3. (transitive) to leave; to depart from

Conjugation

Conjugation of lämna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lämna lämnas
Supine lämnat lämnats
Imperative lämna —
Imper. plural1 lämnen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lämnar lämnade lämnas lämnades
Ind. plural1 lämna lämnade lämnas lämnades
Subjunctive2 lämne lämnade lämnes lämnades
Participles
Present participle lämnande
Past participle lämnad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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