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tigga

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Alternative forms edit

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tigga

  1. inflection of tigge:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Alternative forms edit

  • tigge (e- and split infinitives)

Etymology edit

From Old Norse þiggja, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.

Verb edit

tigga (present tense tiggar or tigg, past tense tigga or tagg, supine tigga or tigge, past participle tigga or tiggen, present participle tiggande, imperative tigg)

  1. to beg

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Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish þiggia, from Old Norse þiggja (“to receive”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.

Verb edit

tigga (present tigger, preterite tiggde, supine tiggt, imperative tigg)

  1. to beg (as a beggar)
    en tiggare som sitter på gatan och tigger (pengar)
    a beggar who sits on the street and begs (for money)
    försörja sig genom att tigga
    make a living by begging
    På en vecka lyckades hon bara tigga ihop 500 kronor
    In a week, she only managed to earn 500 kronor through begging [only managed to beg together 500 kronor]
    1. to panhandle
  2. (figuratively, more or less weakened) to beg, to ask for
    tigga om några dagar ledigt
    beg for a few days off
    1. to scrounge
      tigga till sig en cigarett
      scrounge [beg to oneself] a cigarette

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of tigga (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive tigga tiggas
Supine tiggt tiggts
Imperative tigg —
Imper. plural1 tiggen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative tigger tiggde tiggs, tigges tiggdes
Ind. plural1 tigga tiggde tiggas tiggdes
Subjunctive2 tigge tiggde tigges tiggdes
Participles
Present participle tiggande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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