svälta

From Old Swedish svælta, from Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

svälta (present svälter, preterite svalt or svälte, supine svultit or svält, imperative svält)

1. (intransitive) to starve, to hunger (be the victim of famine or the like)
2. (transitive) to let starve, to let hunger (by refusing someone food)

The intransitive sense uses the strong conjugation; the transitive sense the weak conjugation.

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• svulten
• svält

• utsvulten

• svälta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svälta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svälta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• vältas