tämja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish tæmia, from Old Norse temja, from Proto-Germanic *tamjaną.

Verb

tämja (present tämjer, preterite tämjde, supine tämjt, imperative tämj)

  1. to tame (make a (wild) animal tame)
    1. to domesticate
      Synonym: domesticera
  2. to tame (more generally)
    tämja naturens krafter
    tame the forces of nature

Conjugation

Conjugation of tämja (weak)
active passive
infinitive tämja tämjas
supine tämjt tämjts
imperative tämj —
imper. plural1 tämjen —
present past present past
indicative tämjer tämjde tämjs, tämjes tämjdes
ind. plural1 tämja tämjde tämjas tämjdes
subjunctive2 tämje tämjde tämjes tämjdes
present participle tämjande
past participle tämjd

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

Conjugation of tämja (weak, obsolete)
active passive
infinitive tämja tämjas
supine tämt tämts
imperative tämj —
imper. plural1 tämjen —
present past present past
indicative tämjer tämde tämjs, tämjes tämdes
ind. plural1 tämja tämde tämjas tämdes
subjunctive2 tämje tämde tämjes tämdes
present participle tämjande
past participle tämd

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

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