sväva
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
- sväfva (pre-1906 spelling)
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish svæva‚ likely borrowed from Middle Low German swēven, from Old Saxon *swivian, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną. Doublet of sviva.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
sväva (present svävar, preterite svävade, supine svävat, imperative sväva)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of sväva (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | sväva | — | ||
| Supine | svävat | — | ||
| Imperative | sväva | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | sväven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | svävar | svävade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | sväva | svävade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | sväve | svävade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | svävande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||