svälta

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish svælta, from Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

svälta (present svälter, preterite svalt or svälte, supine svultit or svält, imperative svält)

  1. (intransitive) to starve, to hunger (be the victim of famine or the like)
  2. (transitive) to let starve, to let hunger (by refusing someone food)

Usage notes

The intransitive sense uses the strong conjugation; the transitive sense the weak conjugation.

Conjugation

Conjugation of svälta (class 3 strong)
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.
Conjugation of svälta (weak)
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.

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