röja
Swedish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish rydhia, from Old Norse ryðja, from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną.
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
röja (present röjer, preterite röjde, supine röjt, imperative röj)
- (sometimes intransitively with upp) to remove (natural) obstacles, to clear
- De röjde mark för huset som skulle byggas
- They cleared land for the house that was to be built
- to (accidentally) reveal (secret) information, to betray
- Han röjde min hemlighet
- He betrayed my secret
- Jag råkade röja basens position
- I accidentally revealed the location of the base
- (colloquial) to party hard or engage in other intense (and possibly violent) activity
Usage notes edit
Sometimes ironically of cleaning very messy rooms and the like in (sense 1).
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of röja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | röja | röjas | ||
| Supine | röjt | röjts | ||
| Imperative | röj | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | röjen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | röjer | röjde | röjs, röjes | röjdes |
| Ind. plural1 | röja | röjde | röjas | röjdes |
| Subjunctive2 | röje | röjde | röjes | röjdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | röjande | |||
| Past participle | röjd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
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Further reading edit
- röja in Svensk ordbok.