svepa
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish svepa, swæpa, from Old Norse sveipa, from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną.
Pronunciation
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Verb
svepa (present sveper, preterite svepte, supine svept, imperative svep)
- (often with a particle like förbi (“by”)) to sweep (move in a sweeping motion)
- (often with a particle like bort (“away”)) to sweep (cause to be swept away)
- (often with a particle like in (“in”) or om (“about, around”)) to wrap (put a cloth or the like over/around, often of a body – from an (imagined) sweeping motion)
- to sweep (mines)
- (colloquial) to quickly down (drink up, usually alcoholic beverage)
- Han svepte två öl
- He downed ("swept") two beers
Conjugation
Conjugation of svepa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | svepa | svepas | ||
| Supine | svept | svepts | ||
| Imperative | svep | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | svepen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | sveper | svepte | sveps, svepes | sveptes |
| Ind. plural1 | svepa | svepte | svepas | sveptes |
| Subjunctive2 | svepe | svepte | svepes | sveptes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svepande | |||
| Past participle | svept | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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