äta
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Swedish
Alternative forms
- eda (Scania, eye dialect)
Etymology
From Old Swedish æta, from Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
Pronunciation
Verb
äta (present äter, preterite åt, supine ätit, imperative ät)
- to eat
- Synonym: (slang) käka
- Jag älskar att äta godis
- I love eating candy
- Vad ska vi äta till middag?
- What should we have for dinner?
- Vi åt på en restaurang
- We ate at a restaurant
- Ska vi äta ute?
- Should we eat out?
- Har du ätit klart?
- Have you finished eating?
- att äta eller ätas
- to eat or be eaten
- Äta bör man annars dör man
- You should eat or you will die
- 1868, Artur Hazelius, Fosterländsk läsning för barn och ungdom [Patriotic reading for children and young people], Gåtor samlade af Rikhard Dybeck (Riddles collected by Richard Dybeck):
- Bättre än Gud,
sämre än Skam;
döder man äter det;
om lefvande åte det,
skulle han dö.- Better than God,
worse than Shame;
dead man eats it
if living ate it,
he would die.
- Better than God,
Conjugation
Conjugation of äta (class 5 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | äta | ätas | ||
| Supine | ätit | ätits | ||
| Imperative | ät | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | äten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | äter | åt | äts, ätes | åts |
| Ind. plural1 | äta | åto | ätas | åtos |
| Subjunctive2 | äte | åte | ätes | åtes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | ätande | |||
| Past participle | äten | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||