gänga
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From German Gänge, plural of Gang (“motion, movement, way; gear”).
Noun edit
gänga c
- a thread (of a screw)
Declension edit
| Declension of gänga | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gänga | gängan | gängor | gängorna |
| Genitive | gängas | gängans | gängors | gängornas |
Verb edit
gänga (present gängar, preterite gängade, supine gängat, imperative gänga)
- to produce screw threads
- (colloquial, reflexive) to marry
- (slang) to screw (have sex (with))
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gänga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gänga | gängas | ||
| Supine | gängat | gängats | ||
| Imperative | gänga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | gängen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gängar | gängade | gängas | gängades |
| Ind. plural1 | gänga | gängade | gängas | gängades |
| Subjunctive2 | gänge | gängade | gänges | gängades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | gängande | |||
| Past participle | gängad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Synonyms edit
- (marry): gifta sig