skrämma
See also: skramma
Swedish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editskrämma (present skrämmer, preterite skrämde, supine skrämt, imperative skräm)
- to scare, to frighten
- Du skrämde mig
- You scared me
- en skrämmande utveckling
- a frightening development
- skrämma bort någon
- scare someone away
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma slag på någon") to really scare someone (closest in strength), to terrify someone, to scare the bejesus/hell/shit out of someone (literally, "scare stroke on someone," as in make them have a stroke – not vulgar)
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma livet ur någon") to scare the life out of someone, to scare the hell out of someone
- (idiomatic, vulgar, in "skrämma skiten ur någon") to scare the shit out of someone
- Du kunde knackat. Du skrämde skiten ur mig!
- You could have knocked. You scared the shit out of me!
- (idiomatic, in "skrämma någon från vettet" / "skrämma vettet ur någon") to scare someone out of their mind, to scare someone out of their wits (compare vettskrämd)
Usage notes
editThe passive skrämmas usually has an active meaning as well.
Conjugation
editConjugation of skrämma (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | skrämma | skrämmas | ||
Supine | skrämt | skrämts | ||
Imperative | skräm | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | skrämmen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | skrämmer | skrämde | skräms, skrämmes | skrämdes |
Ind. plural1 | skrämma | skrämde | skrämmas | skrämdes |
Subjunctive2 | skrämme | skrämde | skrämmes | skrämdes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | skrämmande | |||
Past participle | skrämd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms
edit- skrämma upp (close to synonymous, but often implies making someone scared for longer, "getting someone into a frightened state" – like the intuition might be for "scare up" if it was used in English)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Danish: skræmme