svämma

Swedish

Etymology

Causative of the root verb of simma.

Verb

svämma (present svämmar, preterite svämmade, supine svämmat, imperative svämma)

  1. swell, flood

Usage notes

Rare other than in the form svämma över.

Conjugation

Conjugation of svämma (weak)
active passive
infinitive svämma svämmas
supine svämmat svämmats
imperative svämma
imper. plural1 svämmen
present past present past
indicative svämmar svämmade svämmas svämmades
ind. plural1 svämma svämmade svämmas svämmades
subjunctive2 svämme svämmade svämmes svämmades
present participle svämmande
past participle

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

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