tämja

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tæmia, from Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

tämja (present tämjer, preterite tämjde or tämde, supine tämjt or tämt, imperative tämj)

  1. to tame (make a wild animal tame), to domesticate
  2. to tame (more generally)
    tämja naturens krafter
    tame the forces of nature

Conjugation

Conjugation of tämja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tämja tämjas
Supine tämjt tämjts
Imperative tämj —
Imper. plural1 tämjen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tämjer tämjde tämjs, tämjes tämjdes
Ind. plural1 tämja tämjde tämjas tämjdes
Subjunctive2 tämje tämjde tämjes tämjdes
Participles
Present participle tämjande
Past participle tämjd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Conjugation of tämja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tämja tämjas
Supine tämt tämts
Imperative tämj —
Imper. plural1 tämjen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tämjer tämde tämjs, tämjes tämdes
Ind. plural1 tämja tämde tämjas tämdes
Subjunctive2 tämje tämde tämjes tämdes
Participles
Present participle tämjande
Past participle tämd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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