smälta

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See also: smalta, smaltą, and smælta

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish smælta, from Old Norse *smelta, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną.

Pronunciation

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Noun

smälta c

  1. melt; molten material

Declension

Declension of smälta
nominative genitive
singular indefinite smälta smältas
definite smältan smältans
plural indefinite smältor smältors
definite smältorna smältornas

Derived terms

Verb

smälta (present smälter, preterite smälte or smalt, supine smält or smultit, imperative smält)

  1. (intransitive) thaw; melt; become fluid.
    Vinterns första snö brukar smälta så snart den når marken
    The first snow of the winter usually melts as soon as it meets the ground
    Glassen smälte/smalt i solen
    The ice cream melted in the sun
  2. (transitive) melt (the act of making something become fluid)
    Han smälte ner guldet
    He melted the gold
  3. (transitive) digest (food)
    smälta maten i lugn och ro
    digest one's food in peace
  4. (transitive, figuratively) process, digest (take in, mentally, and often come to terms with)
    Jag försöker fortfarande smälta nyheten
    I'm still trying to process the news
    Jag kommer nog behöva lite tid att smälta det här
    I will probably need some time to process this
    Det är svårt att smälta att han inte längre finns / att vi är i final
    It's hard to process that he's no longer here / that we're in the finals
    smälta intrycken från resan
    process the impressions from the trip
    eleverna behöver tid att smälta materialet
    students need time to digest the material

Usage notes

The strong declension (smalt, smultit) can only be used in the intransitive sense, whereas the weak declension (smälte, smält) can be used for both first and second senses.

Conjugation

Conjugation of smälta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive smälta smältas
Supine smält smälts
Imperative smält —
Imper. plural1 smälten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative smälter smälte smälts, smältes smältes
Ind. plural1 smälta smälte smältas smältes
Subjunctive2 smälte smälte smältes smältes
Participles
Present participle smältande
Past participle smält
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Conjugation of smälta (class 3 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive smälta —
Supine smultit —
Imperative smält —
Imper. plural1 smälten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative smälter smalt — —
Ind. plural1 smälta smulto — —
Subjunctive2 smälte smulte — —
Participles
Present participle smältande
Past participle smulten
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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See also

References

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