åkalla

Swedish

Etymology

å (“on (obsolete)”) +‎ kalla (“call”)

Verb

åkalla (present åkallar, preterite åkallade, supine åkallat, imperative åkalla)

  1. to invoke, to call upon (a deity or the like)
    • 1998, Mohammed Knut Bernström, transl., “As-Saffat 37:125”, in Koranens budskap‎[1], © Proprius förlag, accessed at Quran.com, archived from the original on 17 May 2025:
      Ni åkallar Baal och överger Gud, den bäste Skaparen.
      You call upon Baal, and forsake God, the best Creator.
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes‎[2], Catholica, archived from the original on 24 March 2025, §455:
      Att bekänna eller åkalla Jesus som Herre är att tro på hans gudom.
      To confess or invoke Jesus as Lord is to believe in his divinity.

Conjugation

Conjugation of åkalla (weak)
active passive
infinitive åkalla åkallas
supine åkallat åkallats
imperative åkalla —
imper. plural1 åkallen —
present past present past
indicative åkallar åkallade åkallas åkallades
ind. plural1 åkalla åkallade åkallas åkallades
subjunctive2 åkalle åkallade åkalles åkallades
present participle åkallande
past participle åkallad

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

References

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