gynna
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Low German günnen, from Old Saxon giunnan, from Proto-Germanic *gaunnaną. See gunst and unna.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
gynna (present gynnar, preterite gynnade, supine gynnat, imperative gynna)
- (transitive, intransitive) to benefit (someone or something)
- Det gynnar oss
- It benefits us
- Vissa insekter gynnas av skogsbränder
- Some insects benefit from forest fires (note that gynnas is in the passive here – the subject of gynna does the benefiting, while the (optional, but usually included) object is being benefited)
- to favor (provide with benefit (at the expense of others))
- Domaren anklagades för att gynna hemmalaget
- The referee was accused of favoring the home team
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gynna (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | gynna | gynnas | ||
| Supine | gynnat | gynnats | ||
| Imperative | gynna | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | gynnen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | gynnar | gynnade | gynnas | gynnades |
| Ind. plural1 | gynna | gynnade | gynnas | gynnades |
| Subjunctive2 | gynne | gynnade | gynnes | gynnades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | gynnande | |||
| Past participle | gynnad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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Further reading edit
- gynna in Svensk ordbok.