tänja
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Swedish þænia, from Old Norse þenja, from Proto-Germanic *þanjaną.
Verb edit
tänja (present tänjer, preterite tänjde, supine tänjt, imperative tänj)
- (often with ut (“out”)) to stretch (make longer or more spacious (by pulling or stretching))
- Synonym: töja
- (reflexive, sometimes with ut (“out”)) to stretch (become longer or more spacious (by being pulled or stretched))
- Synonym: töja
- (by extension) to stretch (something more abstract)
- Filmen försöker tänja ut ett enda skämt över två timmar
- The movie tries to stretch out a single joke over two hours
- Tänj ut ledigheten genom att ta semester kring helgdagar
- Extend ("stretch out") your time off by going on vacation around holidays
- (figuratively) to stretch, to bend (rules or the like)
- tänja på reglerna
- bend the rules
- (figuratively, idiomatic, in "tänja på gränserna" (stretch the boundaries)) to push the boundaries, to push the limit, to push the envelope (skirt (and extend) established boundaries, in a positive or negative sense)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tänja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tänja | tänjas | ||
| Supine | tänjt | tänjts | ||
| Imperative | tänj | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tänjen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tänjer | tänjde | tänjs, tänjes | tänjdes |
| Ind. plural1 | tänja | tänjde | tänjas | tänjdes |
| Subjunctive2 | tänje | tänjde | tänjes | tänjdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tänjande | |||
| Past participle | tänjd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms edit
References edit
- tänja in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- tänja in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- tänja in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- tänja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)