dreja

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German dreien, from Old Saxon thrāian, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną.

Verb

dreja (present drejar, preterite drejade, supine drejat, imperative dreja)

  1. to throw (form clay into objects with the help of a potter's wheel)
    • 2000 December 18, “Salomos vishet 15:7”, in Bibel 2000‎[1], © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 5 March 2025:
      Men av samma jord drejar [krukmakaren] både kärl för rena ändamål och kärl av motsatt slag.
      But out of the same clay, the potter throws both vessels that serve clean uses and vessels of the opposite kind.
    • 2015 December 19, Per Stahre, “Ännu ingen plats för Hertha Hillfons konst”, in Sveriges Radio‎[2], archived from the original on 5 March 2025:
      Efter att hon bakade bröd så drejade hon en skål.
      After she baked bread, she threw a bowl.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dreja (weak)
active passive
infinitive dreja drejas
supine drejat drejats
imperative dreja —
imper. plural1 drejen —
present past present past
indicative drejar drejade drejas drejades
ind. plural1 dreja drejade drejas drejades
subjunctive2 dreje drejade drejes drejades
present participle drejande
past participle drejad

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

References

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