meja ner
Swedish
Alternative forms
- meja ned
Verb
meja ner (present mejar ner, preterite mejade ner, supine mejat ner, imperative meja ner)
- to mow down (kill, slaughter, or destroy in a brutal fashion)
- Han mejades ner av en lastbil / Han blev nedmejad av en lastbil
- He was mowed down by a truck
- Actionhjälten mejade ner ett helt kompani av soldater med maskingeväret
- The action hero mowed down an entire company of soldiers with his machine gun
Usage notes
Brutal-sounding, like in English.
Conjugation
Conjugation of meja ner (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | meja ner | mejas ner | ||
| Supine | mejat ner | mejats ner | ||
| Imperative | meja ner | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | mejen ner | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | mejar ner | mejade ner | mejas ner | mejades ner |
| Ind. plural1 | meja ner | mejade ner | mejas ner | mejades ner |
| Subjunctive2 | meje ner | mejade ner | mejes ner | mejades ner |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | nermejande | |||
| Past participle | nermejad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
- kötta
References
- meja%20ner in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- meja%20ner in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)