svälja
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See also: švalja
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish svælgha, from Old Norse svelga, svelgja, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą, from Proto-Indo-European *swelk-.
Pronunciation
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Verb
svälja (present sväljer, preterite svalde or sväljde, supine svalt or sväljt, imperative svälj)
- to swallow
- Jag råkade svälja en fluga en gång
- I accidentally swallowed a fly once
- svälja sin stolthet
- swallow one's pride
- (figuratively) to swallow (accept)
- Det är svårt att svälja att vi är ute ur turneringen
- It's hard to swallow that we are out of the tournament
- (figuratively) to swallow (believe)
- Hon svalde det med hull och hår
- She swallowed it hook, line and sinker
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | svälja | sväljas | ||
| supine | svalt | svalts | ||
| imperative | svälj | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sväljen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sväljer | svalde | sväljs, sväljes | svaldes |
| ind. plural1 | svälja | svalde | sväljas | svaldes |
| subjunctive2 | svälje | svalde | sväljes | svaldes |
| present participle | sväljande | |||
| past participle | svald | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | svälja | sväljas | ||
| supine | sväljt | sväljts | ||
| imperative | svälj | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sväljen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sväljer | sväljde | sväljs, sväljes | sväljdes |
| ind. plural1 | svälja | sväljde | sväljas | sväljdes |
| subjunctive2 | svälje | sväljde | sväljes | sväljdes |
| present participle | sväljande | |||
| past participle | sväljd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | svälja | sväljas | ||
| supine | svulgit | svulgits | ||
| imperative | svälj | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sväljen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sväljer | svalg | sväljs, sväljes | svalgs |
| ind. plural1 | svälja | svulgo | sväljas | svulgos |
| subjunctive2 | svälje | svulge | sväljes | svulges |
| present participle | sväljande | |||
| past participle | svulgen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
Related terms
References
- svälja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svälja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svälja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)