trä

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Swedish

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɛː/
  • Audio (Gotland); “ett trä” /ɛt ˈtreː/:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛː

Etymology 1

trä

From Old Norse tré, from Proto-Germanic *trewą (“tree, wood”), from pre-Germanic *dréwom, thematic e-grade derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dóru (“tree”).

Noun

trä n

  1. (uncountable) wood (the material making up the trunk and the branches of a tree)
    Trä kommer från träd
    Wood comes from trees
    en träsked
    a wooden spoon
    bygga hus av trä
    build houses from wood
    Är den gjord av trä eller plast?
    Is it made of wood or plastic?
  2. (dialectal) a tree
  3. (baseball) Short for slagträ (“a bat”).
Declension
Declension of trä
nominative genitive
singular indefinite trä träs
definite träet träets
plural indefinite trän träns
definite träna tränas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Apocopic form of träda, which see for more.

Verb

trä (present trär, preterite trädde, supine trätt, imperative trä)

  1. to thread (pearls on a string)
Conjugation
Conjugation of trä (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive trä träs
Supine trätt trätts
Imperative trä —
Imper. plural1 trän —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative trär trädde träs träddes
Ind. plural1 trä trädde träs träddes
Subjunctive2 trä trädde träs träddes
Participles
Present participle träende
Past participle trädd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Alternative forms

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