grädda
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From grädde (“cream”).
Noun edit
grädda c
- cream (the best of something)
- De är samhällets grädda
- They're the cream of society
- tillhöra gräddan av hockeyspelare
- belong to the cream of hockey players
Declension edit
| Declension of grädda | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | grädda | gräddan | — | — |
| Genitive | gräddas | gräddans | — | — |
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly from grädde (“cream”), in the sense of "film, coating."
Verb edit
grädda (present gräddar, preterite gräddade, supine gräddat, imperative grädda)
- to bake, to fry (so as to give a browned surface and a firm consistency, in an oven or frying pan)
- grädda pannkakor
- make pancakes
- grädda ugnspannkakan i ugnen
- bake the oven pancake in the oven
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of grädda (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | grädda | gräddas | ||
| Supine | gräddat | gräddats | ||
| Imperative | grädda | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | grädden | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gräddar | gräddade | gräddas | gräddades |
| Ind. plural1 | grädda | gräddade | gräddas | gräddades |
| Subjunctive2 | grädde | gräddade | gräddes | gräddades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | gräddande | |||
| Past participle | gräddad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||