rådbråka
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Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German rādebrāken, from rāt (“wheel”) + brāken (“break”). Cognate of Danish radbrække, German radebrechen, Dutch radbraken.
Verb
rådbråka (present rådbråkar, preterite rådbråkade, supine rådbråkat, imperative rådbråka)
- (historical) break upon the wheel
- exhaust, fatigue
- pummel, bash
- (figurative) distort linguistically
- tala rådbråkad franska
- speak broken French
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rådbråka | rådbråkas | ||
| supine | rådbråkat | rådbråkats | ||
| imperative | rådbråka | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | rådbråken | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | rådbråkar | rådbråkade | rådbråkas | rådbråkades |
| ind. plural1 | rådbråka | rådbråkade | rådbråkas | rådbråkades |
| subjunctive2 | rådbråke | rådbråkade | rådbråkes | rådbråkades |
| present participle | rådbråkande | |||
| past participle | rådbråkad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
References
- rådbråka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- rådbråka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- rådbråka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- rådbråka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)