slåss
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From the verb slå.
Verb edit
slåss (imperative and present tense slåss, simple past sloss, past participle slåss)
- to fight (contend in physical conflict)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- slåst (Nynorsk)
References edit
- “slåss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Passive of slå.
Verb edit
slåss (present tense slåss, past tense sloss, past participle sleges or slåss, imperative slåss)
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Passive form of slå.
Pronunciation edit
audio (file)
Verb edit
slåss (present slåss, preterite slogs, supine slagits, imperative slåss)
- (deponent, intransitive) to fistfight (battle with fists, (repeatedly) punch), (usually more idiomatic) to fight
- Pojkarna slogs på skolgården
- The boys were fighting (fist fighting) in the schoolyard
- De slogs mot monstret
- They fought (with fists against) the monster (also implying that the monster punches back)
- Hon gillar att slåss
- She likes to fight (fist fight)
- Sluta slåss!
- Stop punching me! / (if of other people's fighting) Stop fighting!
- (deponent, intransitive, figuratively) to fight (for something)
- Han slogs för det han trodde på
- He fought for what he believed in
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of slåss (class 6 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | — | slåss | ||
| Supine | — | slagits | ||
| Imperative | — | slåss | ||
| Imper. plural1 | — | slåns | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | — | — | slåss | slogs |
| Ind. plural1 | — | — | slåss | slogos |
| Subjunctive2 | — | — | slåss | sloges |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | — | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||