hägra
See also: ħaġra
Swedish
editEtymology
editProbably originally meaning "make higher." Compare how mirages sometimes hover over the horizon.
Verb
edithägra (present hägrar, preterite hägrade, supine hägrat, imperative hägra)
- to appear (vaguely and) alluringly (to someone's senses or in someone's mind); to loom, to beckon, etc.
- Priset på en miljon kronor hägrar för de tävlande
- The one-million-kronor prize looms alluringly for the contestants
- Ljusen från hamnen hägrar i fjärran
- The lights from the harbor beckon in the distance
- Hotellfrukosten hägrar. Dags att stiga upp.
- The hotel breakfast beckons. Time to get up.
- (rare) to appear as a mirage (more generally)
Usage notes
editOriginally figuratively from (sense 2), though this intuition might be lost to many native speakers.
Conjugation
editConjugation of hägra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | hägra | — | ||
| Supine | hägrat | — | ||
| Imperative | hägra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | hägren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | hägrar | hägrade | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | hägra | hägrade | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | hägre | hägrade | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | hägrande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
edit- hägring (“mirage”)