hamstra
See also: Hamstra
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
editVerb
edithamstra
- inflection of hamstre:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish
editEtymology
edithamster + -a, from German hamstern, used in Swedish since the Great War 1914-1918, cognate with Danish hamstre.
Verb
edithamstra (present hamstrar, preterite hamstrade, supine hamstrat, imperative hamstra)
- to hoard or gather, to stock up, to collect (large) stocks for later use (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks)
- I Stockholm uppstod en utpräglad knapphet i fråga om mjölk och fortsatt kaos på smörmarknaden, där förut hamstrat smör kastades in och nya partier hamstrades.
- In Stockholm arose a certain shortage of milk and continued chaos on the market for butter, where previously hoarded butter was sold off and new batches were hoarded.
Conjugation
editConjugation of hamstra (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | hamstra | hamstras | ||
| Supine | hamstrat | hamstrats | ||
| Imperative | hamstra | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | hamstren | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | hamstrar | hamstrade | hamstras | hamstrades |
| Ind. plural1 | hamstra | hamstrade | hamstras | hamstrades |
| Subjunctive2 | hamstre | hamstrade | hamstres | hamstrades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | hamstrande | |||
| Past participle | hamstrad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||