trä

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "tra"

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɛː/
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Noun

trä n

  1. (uncountable) wood (the material making up the trunk and the branches of a tree)
  2. (dialectal) a tree
  3. (baseball) Short for slagträ (“a bat”).

Declension

Declension of trä 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative trä träet trän träna
Genitive träs träets träns tränas

Derived terms

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Verb

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

  1. to thread (pearls on a string), contracted form of träda

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.

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