spalta
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- (of noun) spalten
- (of verb) spaltet
Noun
spalta m or f
- definite feminine singular of spalte
Verb
spalta
- inflection of spalte:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
spalta f
- definite singular of spalte
Swedish
Etymology
Related to Danish spalte, from German Spalte, based on the verb spalten (“to split”), also related to spjäll, spilla, spillra.
Verb
spalta (present spaltar, preterite spaltade, supine spaltat, imperative spalta)
- to split
Conjugation
Conjugation of spalta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | spalta | spaltas | ||
| Supine | spaltat | spaltats | ||
| Imperative | spalta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | spalten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | spaltar | spaltade | spaltas | spaltades |
| Ind. plural1 | spalta | spaltade | spaltas | spaltades |
| Subjunctive2 | spalte | spaltade | spaltes | spaltades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | spaltande | |||
| Past participle | spaltad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms
- klyva
- splittra
Related terms
- spalt
- spaltning
Further reading
- “spalta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937
Anagrams
- lapats, palats, stapla