tjuvstarta
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From tjuvstart (“false start”) + -a.
Verb edit
tjuvstarta (present tjuvstartar, preterite tjuvstartade, supine tjuvstartat, imperative tjuvstarta)
- (sports) to make a false start
- (figuratively) to start something earlier than normal
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of tjuvstarta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tjuvstarta | tjuvstartas | ||
| Supine | tjuvstartat | tjuvstartats | ||
| Imperative | tjuvstarta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tjuvstarten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tjuvstartar | tjuvstartade | tjuvstartas | tjuvstartades |
| Ind. plural1 | tjuvstarta | tjuvstartade | tjuvstartas | tjuvstartades |
| Subjunctive2 | tjuvstarte | tjuvstartade | tjuvstartes | tjuvstartades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tjuvstartande | |||
| Past participle | tjuvstartad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms edit
- tjuvstart (“a false start”)