lämna

See also: Lamna

Swedish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier lemna, from Old Swedish limna, lifna, from Old Norse lifna, inchoative of Proto-Germanic *lībaną (“to remain, to be left”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp-.

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Verb

lämna (present lämnar, preterite lämnade, supine lämnat, imperative lämna)

  1. to leave; to not take away with oneself but leave as available for others; to deposit
  2. to leave; to transfer responsibility or attention (to)
  3. (transitive) to leave; to depart from

Conjugation

Conjugation of lämna (weak)
active passive
infinitive lämna lämnas
supine lämnat lämnats
imperative lämna —
imper. plural1 lämnen —
present past present past
indicative lämnar lämnade lämnas lämnades
ind. plural1 lämna lämnade lämnas lämnades
subjunctive2 lämne lämnade lämnes lämnades
present participle lämnande
past participle lämnad

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

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