flörta
Swedish
Alternative forms
- flirta
Etymology
Borrowed from English flirt + -a, used since 1891.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [²flœ̞ʈa]
- (nonstandard, nonetheless common[2]) IPA(key): [²flɵʈa]
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Verb
flörta (present flörtar, preterite flörtade, supine flörtat, imperative flörta)
- (intransitive) to flirt
Conjugation
Conjugation of flörta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | flörta | flörtas | ||
| Supine | flörtat | flörtats | ||
| Imperative | flörta | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | flörtar | flörtade | flörtas | flörtades |
| Indicative plural1 | flörta | flörtade | flörtas | flörtades |
| Subjunctive2 | flörte | flörtade | flörtes | flörtades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | flörtande | |||
| Past participle | flörtad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- flört
References
- flörta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- Tomas Riad, “Våra vokaler förändras. En del flyter samman, andra glider isär. [Our vowels change. Some blend together, others drift apart.]”, in Språktidningen [The language journal], issue 3, 2013