blekna

Swedish

Etymology

blek +‎ -na

Verb

blekna (present bleknar, preterite bleknade, supine bleknat, imperative blekna)

  1. (intransitive) to pale; to become pale
  2. (sometimes with bort (“away”)) to fade
    Minnena började blekna bort
    The memories began to fade away

Conjugation

Conjugation of blekna (weak)
active passive
infinitive blekna —
supine bleknat —
imperative blekna —
imper. plural1 bleknen —
present past present past
indicative bleknar bleknade — —
ind. plural1 blekna bleknade — —
subjunctive2 blekne bleknade — —
present participle bleknande
past participle bleknad

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

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