slåss
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the verb slå.
Verb
slåss (imperative and present tense slåss, simple past sloss, past participle slåss)
- to fight (contend in physical conflict)
Derived terms
See also
- slåst (Nynorsk)
References
- “slåss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Passive of slå.
Verb
slåss (present tense slåss, past tense sloss, past participle sleges or slåss, imperative slåss)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of slåst
Swedish
Etymology
Passive form of slå.
Pronunciation
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Verb
slåss (present slåss, preterite slogs, supine slagits, imperative slåss)
- (deponent, intransitive) to fistfight (battle with fists, (repeatedly) punch), (usually more idiomatic) to fight
- Pojkarna slogs på skolgården
- The boys were fighting (fist fighting) in the schoolyard
- De slogs mot monstret
- They fought (with fists against) the monster (also implying that the monster punches back)
- Hon gillar att slåss
- She likes to fight (fist fight)
- Sluta slåss!
- Stop punching me! / (if of other people's fighting) Stop fighting!
- (deponent, intransitive, figuratively) to fight (for something)
- Han slogs för det han trodde på
- He fought for what he believed in
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | — | slåss | ||
| supine | — | slagits | ||
| imperative | — | slåss | ||
| imper. plural1 | — | slåns | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | — | — | slåss | slogs |
| ind. plural1 | — | — | slåss | slogos |
| subjunctive2 | — | — | slåss | sloges |
| present participle | — | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.