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 | — | — |
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 | — | — |
present participle | svältande | |||
past participle | svält |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.