inskränka
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Calque of German einschränken, equivalent to in- + skränka. Latter half of compound related to skrank and skranka (“fence”). Original sense was "put (someone) inside the fence" or "keep within the confines".
Verb edit
inskränka (present inskränker, preterite inskränkte, supine inskränkt, imperative inskränk)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of inskränka (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | inskränka | inskränkas | ||
| Supine | inskränkt | inskränkts | ||
| Imperative | inskränk | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | inskränken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | inskränker | inskränkte | inskränks, inskränkes | inskränktes |
| Ind. plural1 | inskränka | inskränkte | inskränkas | inskränktes |
| Subjunctive2 | inskränke | inskränkte | inskränkes | inskränktes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | inskränkande | |||
| Past participle | inskränkt | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- inskränka in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- inskränka in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- inskränka in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- inskränka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)