tjuvjaga

Swedish

Etymology

tjuv- (“thief”) +‎ jaga (“to hunt”)

Verb

tjuvjaga (present tjuvjagar, preterite tjuvjagade, supine tjuvjagat, imperative tjuvjaga)

1. to poach (hunt illegally)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tjuvjaga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tjuvjaga		tjuvjagas
Supine	tjuvjagat		tjuvjagats
Imperative	tjuvjaga		—
Imper. plural1	tjuvjagen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tjuvjagar	tjuvjagade	tjuvjagas	tjuvjagades
Ind. plural1	tjuvjaga	tjuvjagade	tjuvjagas	tjuvjagades
Subjunctive2	tjuvjage	tjuvjagade	tjuvjages	tjuvjagades
	Participles
Present participle	tjuvjagande
Past participle	tjuvjagad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• tjuvjakt (“poaching”)