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Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
tigga
- inflection of tigge:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- tigge (e- and split infinitives)
Etymology
From Old Norse þiggja, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.
Verb
tigga (present tense tiggar or tigg, past tense tigga or tagg, supine tigga or tigge, past participle tigga or tiggen, present participle tiggande, imperative tigg)
- to beg
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish þiggia, from Old Norse þiggja (“to receive”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.
Verb
tigga (present tigger, preterite tiggde, supine tiggt, imperative tigg)
- to beg (as a beggar)
en tiggare som sitter på gatan och tigger (pengar)- a beggar who sits on the street and begs (for money)
försörja sig genom att tigga- make a living by begging
På en vecka lyckades hon bara tigga ihop 500 kronor- In a week, she only managed to earn 500 kronor through begging
- to panhandle
- (figuratively, more or less weakened) to beg, to ask for
tigga om några dagar ledigt- beg for a few days off
- to scrounge
tigga till sig en cigarett- scrounge a cigarette
Conjugation
Conjugation of tigga (weak)
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