älska

See also: ælska

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ælska, from Old Norse ælska (Compare Old West Norse elska). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlˌska/
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  • Hyphenation (inflected forms): älsk‧ar

Verb

älska (present älskar, preterite älskade, supine älskat, imperative älska)

  1. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) to love (romantically or otherwise – same tone as in English)
    Jag älskar dig
    I love you
    Jag älskar mina barn
    I love my children
    Jag älskar deras nya kebabsås
    I love their new kebab sauce
    • 1969, Lasse Berghagen, “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the teddy bear]”‎[1]:
      Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, så hette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän när jag var ett litet barn.
      Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name. Once he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose was made of yarn. Yes, he was my best friend when I was a little child.
    • 1994, “Älska mig [Love me]”, in Sanningens morgon [The morning of truth]‎[2], performed by Köttgrottorna:
      Älska mig. Jag vill inte ha konflikter. Älska mig. Jag vill vara duktig. Älska mig. Mig och mig och ingen annan. Älska mig. Ge mig kärlek.
      Love me. I don't want conflicts. Love me. I want to be good at things. Love me. Me and me and no one else. Love me. Give me love.
    • 1995, Peter Grönvall, Maria Rådsten, Nanne Grönvall, “Det vackraste [The most beautiful thing ["thing" from being nominalized]]”‎[3]performed by Cecilia Vennersten:
      Det är en rikedom att få älska och att älskas.
      It is a richness to get to love and to be loved.
  2. (intransitive) to make love
    De älskade med varandra
    They made love to each other
    De älskade uppe på höskullen
    They made love in the hayloft

Conjugation

Conjugation of älska (weak)
active passive
infinitive älska älskas
supine älskat älskats
imperative älska —
imper. plural1 älsken —
present past present past
indicative älskar älskade älskas älskades
ind. plural1 älska älskade älskas älskades
subjunctive2 älske älskade älskes älskades
present participle älskande
past participle älskad

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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