döma
See also: doma, DOMA, domá, domà, domā, and døma
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish dø̄ma, from Old Norse dǿma, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną.
Pronunciation
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Verb
döma (present dömer, preterite dömde, supine dömt, imperative döm)
- to sentence, to judge
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, I timmerkojan på Sami
- Hård var den lott vi dömdes att få -
målet - det må Herren förklara!- Hard was the lot we were sentenced to receive -
the goal - the Lord may explain!
- Hard was the lot we were sentenced to receive -
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, I timmerkojan på Sami
- to deem, to make a judgement
- (sports) to umpire, to referee
Usage notes
- The spelling of this verb is irregular. Phonetically it should be *dömma, but the -m- is never doubled. The same is true of the related noun dom and derivatives.
Conjugation
Conjugation of döma (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | döma | dömas | ||
| Supine | dömt | dömts | ||
| Imperative | döm | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | dömen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | dömer | dömde | döms, dömes | dömdes |
| Ind. plural1 | döma | dömde | dömas | dömdes |
| Subjunctive2 | döme | dömde | dömes | dömdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | dömande | |||
| Past participle | dömd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
- avdöma
- bedöma
- döma bort
- döma ut
- fråndöma
- fördöma
- tilldöma
- utdöma
- ådöma
Related terms
- dom
- domare
- -döme
Further reading
- döma in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
- möda