samla
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
samla
- inflection of samle:
- simple past
- past participle
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
samla (present tense samlar, past tense samla, past participle samla, passive infinitive samlast, present participle samlande, imperative samla/saml)
- alternative form of samle
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish sambla, from Old Norse samna, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną.
Pronunciation
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Verb
samla (present samlar, preterite samlade, supine samlat, imperative samla)
- to collect, to gather, to organize
- 1917, the Bible, Första Mosebok [Genesis][1], 1:9:
- Och Gud sade: "Samle sig det vatten som är under himmelen till en särskild plats, så att det torra bliver synligt." Och det skedde så.
- And God said, "Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear." And it was so.
- (reflexive) to pull oneself together
Conjugation
active | passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | samla | samlas | ||
supine | samlat | samlats | ||
imperative | samla | — | ||
imper. plural1 | samlen | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | samlar | samlade | samlas | samlades |
ind. plural1 | samla | samlade | samlas | samlades |
subjunctive2 | samle | samlade | samles | samlades |
present participle | samlande | |||
past participle | samlad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
Further reading
- samla in Svensk ordbok.