skrämma

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See also: skramma

Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²skrɛma/
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Verb

skrämma (present skrämmer, preterite skrämde, supine skrämt, imperative skräm)

  1. to scare, to frighten
    Du skrämde mig
    You scared me
    en skrämmande utveckling
    a frightening development
    skrämma bort någon
    scare someone away
  2. (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)
  3. (idiomatic, in "skrämma livet ur någon") to scare the life out of someone, to scare the hell out of someone
  4. (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!
  5. (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)
active passive
infinitive skrämma skrämmas
supine skrämt skrämts
imperative skräm
imper. plural1 skrämmen
present past present past
indicative skrämmer skrämde skräms, skrämmes skrämdes
ind. plural1 skrämma skrämde skrämmas skrämdes
subjunctive2 skrämme skrämde skrämmes skrämdes
present participle skrämmande
past participle skrämd

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

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)

Descendants

  • Danish: skræmme

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