gynna

Swedish

Etymology

From Low German günnen, from Old Saxon giunnan, from Proto-Germanic *gaunnaną. See gunst and unna.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

gynna (present gynnar, preterite gynnade, supine gynnat, imperative gynna)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to benefit (someone or something)
    Det gynnar oss
    It benefits us
    Vissa insekter gynnas av skogsbränder
    Some insects benefit from forest fires (note that gynnas is in the passive here – the subject of gynna does the benefiting, while the (optional, but usually included) object is being benefited)
  2. to favor (provide with benefit (at the expense of others))
    Domaren anklagades för att gynna hemmalaget
    The referee was accused of favoring the home team

Conjugation

Conjugation of gynna (weak)
active passive
infinitive gynna gynnas
supine gynnat gynnats
imperative gynna —
imper. plural1 gynnen —
present past present past
indicative gynnar gynnade gynnas gynnades
ind. plural1 gynna gynnade gynnas gynnades
subjunctive2 gynne gynnade gynnes gynnades
present participle gynnande
past participle gynnad

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

See also

References

  1. ^ gynna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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