insupa
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
insupa (present insuper, preterite insöp, supine insupit, imperative insup)
- (somewhat literary) to breathe in, to take in (air)
- Hon insöp morgonluften
- She took in the morning air
- insupa dofterna
- take in the scents
- (somewhat literary, figuratively) to take in (more generally), to absorb, to imbibe, to drink in
- De gick genom stadens gator och insöp atmosfären
- They walked through the city streets, taking in the atmosphere
- De satt i en cirkel runt honom och insöp varje ord som föll från hans läppar
- They sat in a circle around him and drank in every word that fell from his lips
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of insupa (class 2 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | insupa | insupas | ||
| Supine | insupit | insupits | ||
| Imperative | insup | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | insupen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | insuper | insöp | insups, insupes | insöps |
| Ind. plural1 | insupa | insöpo | insupas | insöpos |
| Subjunctive2 | insupe | insöpe | insupes | insöpes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | insupande | |||
| Past participle | insupen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||