spjärna
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish spiærna, from Proto-Germanic *spurnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sperH-.
Verb
spjärna (present spjärnar, preterite spjärnade, supine spjärnat, imperative spjärna)
- (usually with a particle like emot or mot) to push back, to resist (literally or figuratively)
- Han spjärnade emot med fötterna
- He pushed back with his feet
Conjugation
Conjugation of spjärna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | spjärna | spjärnas | ||
| Supine | spjärnat | spjärnats | ||
| Imperative | spjärna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | spjärnen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | spjärnar | spjärnade | spjärnas | spjärnades |
| Ind. plural1 | spjärna | spjärnade | spjärnas | spjärnades |
| Subjunctive2 | spjärne | spjärnade | spjärnes | spjärnades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | spjärnande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- spjärn
References
- spjärna in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- spjärna in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- spjärna in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- spjärna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)