tända
Swedish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Swedish tænda, from Old Norse tenda, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną. Akin to German zünden and Old English tendan (whence English tind). The meaning of sexual arousal is likely a semantic calque from English turn on.
Verb
edittända (present tänder, preterite tände, supine tänt, imperative tänd)
- to light, to ignite; to turn on (any kind of) lights (including flames)
- Antonym: släcka
- Han tände lampan ― He turned on the light
- Han tände en cigarett ― He lit a cigarette
- to become sexually aroused
- Doktor Snuggles tänder på människor och djur
- Doctor Snuggles is turned on by humans and animals (misheard lyrics)
- to become enthusiastic about something
Conjugation
editConjugation of tända (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | tända | tändas | ||
Supine | tänt | tänts | ||
Imperative | tänd | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | tänden | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | tänder | tände | tänds, tändes | tändes |
Ind. plural1 | tända | tände | tändas | tändes |
Subjunctive2 | tände | tände | tändes | tändes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | tändande | |||
Past participle | tänd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editAdjective
edittända
Further reading
edit- tända in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Swedish/²ɛnda
- Rhymes:Swedish/²ɛnda/2 syllables
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish
- Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse
- Swedish terms derived from Old Norse
- Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish verbs
- Swedish terms with usage examples
- Swedish weak verbs
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish adjective forms