gräma

See also: grama and -grama

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish græmia, græma, from Old Norse gremja, from Proto-Germanic *gramjaną. Cognate of German grämen, Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌰𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gramjan), Old English gremman. Doublet of gramse.

Verb

gräma (present grämer, preterite grämde, supine grämt, imperative gräm)

  1. to make bitter and irritated
    Det grämde honom att han sålt aktierna så tidigt
    It irked him that he had sold the stocks so early
  2. (reflexive) to fret (often over a mistake)
    Han grämde sig över sitt misstag
    He was beating himself up over his mistake

Conjugation

Conjugation of gräma (weak)
active passive
infinitive gräma grämas
supine grämt grämts
imperative gräm —
imper. plural1 grämen —
present past present past
indicative grämer grämde gräms, grämes grämdes
ind. plural1 gräma grämde grämas grämdes
subjunctive2 gräme grämde grämes grämdes
present participle grämande
past participle grämd

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

References

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