From Old Swedish svælta, from Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.
svälta (present svälter, preterite svalt or svälte, supine svultit or svält, imperative svält)
The intransitive sense uses the strong conjugation; the transitive sense the weak conjugation.
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | svälta | — | ||
| Supine | svultit | — | ||
| Imperative | svält | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | svälten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | svälter | svalt | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | svälta | svulto | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | svälte | svulte | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svältande | |||
| Past participle | svulten | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | svälta | — | ||
| Supine | svält | — | ||
| Imperative | svält | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | svälten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | svälter | svälte | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | svälta | svälte | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | svälte | svälte | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svältande | |||
| Past participle | svält | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||