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Swedish
Pronunciation
Verb
skrämma (present skrämmer, preterite skrämde, supine skrämt, imperative skräm)
- to scare, to frighten
Du skrämde mig- You scared me
en skrämmande utveckling- a frightening development
skrämma bort någon- scare someone away
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma slag på någon") to really scare someone (closest in strength), to terrify someone, to scare the bejesus/hell/shit out of someone (literally, "scare stroke on someone," as in make them have a stroke – not vulgar)
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma livet ur någon") to scare the life out of someone, to scare the hell out of someone
- (idiomatic, vulgar, in "skrämma skiten ur någon") to scare the shit out of someone
Du kunde knackat. Du skrämde skiten ur mig!- You could have knocked. You scared the shit out of me!
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma någon från vettet" / "skrämma vettet ur någon") to scare someone out of their mind, to scare someone out of their wits (compare vettskrämd)
Usage notes
The passive skrämmas usually has an active meaning as well.
Conjugation
Conjugation of skrämma (weak)
Derived terms
- skrämma upp (close to synonymous, but often implies making someone scared for longer, "getting someone into a frightened state" – like the intuition might be for "scare up" if it was used in English)
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