bottna

Swedish

Etymology

From botten (“bottom”) +‎ -a.

Verb

bottna (present bottnar, preterite bottnade, supine bottnat, imperative bottna)

  1. to be able to stand on the bottom of a body of water and have one's head above water
    Hon bottnar inte i den djupa delen av poolen
    She can't reach the bottom (stand on the bottom and have her head above water) at the deep end of the pool
  2. (with i) to stem from
    Alla hans problem bottnar i hans avundsjuka
    All his problems stem from his jealousy

Conjugation

Conjugation of bottna (weak)
active passive
infinitive bottna bottnas
supine bottnat bottnats
imperative bottna —
imper. plural1 bottnen —
present past present past
indicative bottnar bottnade bottnas bottnades
ind. plural1 bottna bottnade bottnas bottnades
subjunctive2 bottne bottnade bottnes bottnades
present participle bottnande
past participle bottnad

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

References

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