fradga
Swedish
Noun
fradga c
- froth (around the mouth, usually from illness or (powerless) rage, sometimes figuratively)
- att (tugga) fradga
- to froth at the mouth ("chew froth")
- froth, foam (more generally, often on carbonated beverages and of foam with smaller bubbles)
- Synonym: skum
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | fradga | fradgas |
| definite | fradgan | fradgans | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
Derived terms
- tugga fradga (“to froth at the mouth”) (more common than plain fradga)
See also
Verb
fradga (present fradgar, preterite fradgade, supine fradgat, imperative fradga)
- (sometimes reflexive) to become frothy (e.g. of the sea, or froth at the mouth)
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | fradga | fradgas | ||
| supine | fradgat | fradgats | ||
| imperative | fradga | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | fradgen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | fradgar | fradgade | fradgas | fradgades |
| ind. plural1 | fradga | fradgade | fradgas | fradgades |
| subjunctive2 | fradge | fradgade | fradges | fradgades |
| present participle | fradgande | |||
| past participle | fradgad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Further reading
- fradga in Svensk ordbok.