avlöna

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish aflöna. By surface analysis, av +‎ lön +‎ -a. Cognate of Danish aflønne, German ablohnen, ablöhnen.

Verb

avlöna (present avlönar, preterite avlönade, supine avlönat, imperative avlöna)

1. pay, remunerate

Conjugation

Conjugation of avlöna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	avlöna		avlönas
Supine	avlönat		avlönats
Imperative	avlöna		—
Imper. plural1	avlönen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	avlönar	avlönade	avlönas	avlönades
Ind. plural1	avlöna	avlönade	avlönas	avlönades
Subjunctive2	avlöne	avlönade	avlönes	avlönades
	Participles
Present participle	avlönande
Past participle	avlönad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• avlöning

Further reading

• avlöna in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker