svassa
Swedish
Etymology
Older meaning "babble", from German schwatzen. Change in meaning likely due to analogy with svansa.
Verb
svassa (present svassar, preterite svassade, supine svassat, imperative svassa)
- strut (walk haughtily or proudly)
Usage notes
Typically with the adverbs omkring or runt.
Conjugation
Conjugation of svassa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | svassa | svassas | ||
| Supine | svassat | svassats | ||
| Imperative | svassa | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | svassen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | svassar | svassade | svassas | svassades |
| Ind. plural1 | svassa | svassade | svassas | svassades |
| Subjunctive2 | svasse | svassade | svasses | svassades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svassande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms
- kråma sig
- pråla
- ståta
References
- svassa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- svassa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- svassa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)