antasta
Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German antasten.
Verb
antasta (present antastar, preterite antastade, supine antastat, imperative antasta)
- to grope (sexually), to molest
- Synonyms: (grope) tafsa, (grope) talla, (grope) kladda
- (dated) to harass, to attack, to disturb
Conjugation
Conjugation of antasta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | antasta | antastas | ||
| Supine | antastat | antastats | ||
| Imperative | antasta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | antasten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | antastar | antastade | antastas | antastades |
| Ind. plural1 | antasta | antastade | antastas | antastades |
| Subjunctive2 | antaste | antastade | antastes | antastades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | antastande | |||
| Past participle | antastad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Usage notes
- Especially younger native speakers are likely to only be familiar with the sexual sense.
Derived terms
- oantastlig (“beyond criticism, impeccable”)
References
- antasta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- antasta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- antasta in Svensk ordbok (SO)