dubba

English

dubba (plural dubbas)

From Old Norse dubba (“to dub (a knight)”), probably borrowed from Old French adober.

dubba

From Old Norse dubba (“to dub (a knight)”), probably borrowed from Old French adober, cognate with English dub, used in Swedish since 1657.

dubba (present dubbar, preterite dubbade, supine dubbat, imperative dubba)

to dub, to knight (to confer a knighthood upon)
Geldof har dubbats av Englands drottning till Kommendör av Brittiska Imperieorden för sitt patos mot orättvisor och fattigdom i tredje världen
Geldof has been dubbed by the Queen of England to commander of the British Imperial order for his pathos against injustices and poverty in the third world

Conjugation of dubba (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dubba		dubbas
Supine	dubbat		dubbats
Imperative	dubba		—
Imper. plural¹	dubben		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dubbar	dubbade	dubbas	dubbades
Ind. plural¹	dubba	dubbade	dubbas	dubbades
Subjunctive²	dubbe	dubbade	dubbes	dubbades
	Participles
Present participle	dubbande
Past participle	dubbad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

dubb +‎ -a, used 1817.

dubba (present dubbar, preterite dubbade, supine dubbat, imperative dubba)

Conjugation of dubba (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dubba		dubbas
Supine	dubbat		dubbats
Imperative	dubba		—
Imper. plural¹	dubben		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dubbar	dubbade	dubbas	dubbades
Ind. plural¹	dubba	dubbade	dubbas	dubbades
Subjunctive²	dubbe	dubbade	dubbes	dubbades
	Participles
Present participle	dubbande
Past participle	dubbad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

From English dub, from double, used since the 20th century, at least since 1973.

dubba (present dubbar, preterite dubbade, supine dubbat, imperative dubba)

to dub, to add a soundtrack in a different language to a movie
Övriga roller har dubbats av bland annat [...]
Other roles have been dubbed by among others [list of voice actors]

Conjugation of dubba (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dubba		dubbas
Supine	dubbat		dubbats
Imperative	dubba		—
Imper. plural¹	dubben		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dubbar	dubbade	dubbas	dubbades
Ind. plural¹	dubba	dubbade	dubbas	dubbades
Subjunctive²	dubbe	dubbade	dubbes	dubbades
	Participles
Present participle	dubbande
Past participle	dubbad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

dubba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
dubba in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
dubba in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
dubba in Elias Wessén, Våra ord : deras uttal och ursprung (1979)
dubba in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (10th ed., 1st printing, 1973)