döma
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish dø̄ma, from Old Norse dǿma, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
döma (present dömer, preterite dömde, supine dömt, imperative döm)
- to sentence, to judge
- 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, I timmerkojan på Sami:
- Hård var den lott vi dömdes att få -
målet - det må Herren förklara!- Hard was the lot we were sentenced to receive -
the goal - the Lord may explain!
- Hard was the lot we were sentenced to receive -
- to deem, to make a judgement
- (sports) to umpire, to referee
- (idiomatic, in "döm om min förvåning (när ...)") imagine my surprise (when ...)
Usage notes edit
- The spelling of this verb is irregular. Phonetically it should be *dömma, but the -m- is never doubled. The same is true of the related noun dom and derivatives.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of döma (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | döma | dömas | ||
| Supine | dömt | dömts | ||
| Imperative | döm | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | dömen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | dömer | dömde | döms, dömes | dömdes |
| Ind. plural1 | döma | dömde | dömas | dömdes |
| Subjunctive2 | döme | dömde | dömes | dömdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | dömande | |||
| Past participle | dömd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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References edit
- döma in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- förvåning in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- döma in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- döma in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)