slinta
Swedish
editVerb
editslinta (present slinter, preterite slant, supine sluntit, imperative slint)
- to slip so as to (nearly) have an accident or other undesirable outcome
- Jag slant med sågen och sågade nästan av mig fingret
- I slipped with the saw and nearly sawed my finger off
- (figurative, in "slinta med tungan") to have a slip of the tongue
- Jag menade inte det jag sa. Jag slant med tungan.
- I didn't mean what I said. I had a slip of the tongue.
- to lose one's footing; to slip
- Synonym: halka
- Hon slant på isfläcken
- She slipped on the ice patch
Conjugation
editConjugation of slinta (class 3 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | slinta | — | ||
| Supine | sluntit | — | ||
| Imperative | slint | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | slinten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | slinter | slant | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | slinta | slunto | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | slinte | slunte | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | slintande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
edit- slinka (“slip as quick and silent movement to somewhere”)