fjädra
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
fjädra (present fjädrar, preterite fjädrade, supine fjädrat, imperative fjädra)
- to softly flex (elastically) under pressure (of or similar to a (set of) spring(s))
- en fjädrande yta
- a resilient/springy surface
- en fjädrande madrass
- a sprung mattress
- Bilsätet fjädrar för mycket
- The car seat is too soft / flexes too much
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fjädra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fjädra | fjädras | ||
| Supine | fjädrat | fjädrats | ||
| Imperative | fjädra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | fjädren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | fjädrar | fjädrade | fjädras | fjädrades |
| Ind. plural1 | fjädra | fjädrade | fjädras | fjädrades |
| Subjunctive2 | fjädre | fjädrade | fjädres | fjädrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fjädrande | |||
| Past participle | fjädrad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
fjädra (present fjädrar, preterite fjädrade, supine fjädrat, imperative fjädra)
- (reflexive) to feather (grow feathers, of a bird or the like)
- (reflexive, figuratively) to show off
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of fjädra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fjädra | — | ||
| Supine | fjädrat | — | ||
| Imperative | fjädra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | fjädren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | fjädrar | fjädrade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | fjädra | fjädrade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | fjädre | fjädrade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fjädrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||