lösa
See also: losa
Swedish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
lösa
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish lø̄sa, from Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną.
Verb edit
lösa (present löser, preterite löste, supine löst, imperative lös)
- to solve (a problem)
- Han kunde inte lösa det svåraste problemet
- He couldn't solve the most difficult problem
- (reflexive) to work out (resolve itself, of a problem)
- Oroa dig inte! Det löser sig.
- Don't worry! It'll work out.
- (reflexive) to dissolve (of a substance)
- Natriumklorid löser sig lätt i vatten
- Sodium chloride dissolves easily in water
- (sometimes with upp) to dissolve (make something enter a solution)
- Lös två teskedar salt i vattnet
- Dissolve two teaspoons of salt in the water
- (sometimes with upp) to loosen ((of) something that binds)
- lösa upp en knut
- release a knot (knyta upp (“untie”) is more common)
- (by extension) to release, to set free
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of lösa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lösa | lösas | ||
| Supine | löst | lösts | ||
| Imperative | lös | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | lösen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | löser | löste | löses | löstes |
| Ind. plural1 | lösa | löste | lösas | löstes |
| Subjunctive2 | löse | löste | löses | löstes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | lösande | |||
| Past participle | löst | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms edit
- avlösa
- det löser sig, sa han som sket i vasken
- förlösa
- inlösa
- lösa in
- lösa ut
- lösning
- upplösa
- utlösa
References edit
- lösa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lösa sig in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lösa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lösa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)