svinga

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

svinga

  1. inflection of svinge:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From German schwingen.

Pronunciation

Verb

svinga (present tense svingar, past tense svinga, past participle svinga, passive infinitive svingast, present participle svingande, imperative svinga/sving)

  1. to turn
    Sving til venstre i neste kryss.
    Turn left at the next crossroads.
  2. to swing
    Krigaren svinga sverdet.
    The warrior swung his sword.

References

Swedish

Verb

svinga (present svingar, preterite svingade, supine svingat, imperative svinga)

  1. to swing (move (something) in an arcing motion)
    svinga ett svärd/slagträ
    swing a sword/bat

Conjugation

Conjugation of svinga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive svinga svingas
Supine svingat svingats
Imperative svinga —
Imper. plural1 svingen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative svingar svingade svingas svingades
Ind. plural1 svinga svingade svingas svingades
Subjunctive2 svinge svingade svinges svingades
Participles
Present participle svingande
Past participle svingad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

References

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