Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German krite, from Latin creta. The credit sense is from marking credit with a piece of chalk.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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krita c

  1. (uncountable) chalk; white powdery limestone
  2. (countable) a piece of chalk, used for drawing on a blackboard
  3. (countable, by extension) any crayon, regardless of color and material
  4. (geology, indeclinable) Cretaceous; a geologic period
  5. (uncountable, colloquial) credit, tick; a privilege of delayed payment

Declension

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Declension of krita
nominative genitive
singular indefinite krita kritas
definite kritan kritans
plural indefinite kritor kritors
definite kritorna kritornas

Derived terms

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See also

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Verb

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krita (present kritar, preterite kritade, supine kritat, imperative krita)

  1. (transitive) to apply chalk
  2. (transitive, colloquial) to buy (something) on credit or with an agreement to pay later

Conjugation

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Conjugation of krita (weak)
active passive
infinitive krita kritas
supine kritat kritats
imperative krita
imper. plural1 kriten
present past present past
indicative kritar kritade kritas kritades
ind. plural1 krita kritade kritas kritades
subjunctive2 krite kritade krites kritades
present participle kritande
past participle kritad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Descendants

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  • English: Krita

References

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