tjockna

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish thiokna. By surface analysis, tjock +‎ -na.

Verb

tjockna (present tjocknar, preterite tjocknade, supine tjocknat, imperative tjockna)

  1. (intransitive) thicken (become thicker, usually in consistency)
    1. (usually with till) become fat(ter)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tjockna (weak)
active passive
infinitive tjockna —
supine tjocknat —
imperative tjockna —
imper. plural1 tjocknen —
present past present past
indicative tjocknar tjocknade — —
ind. plural1 tjockna tjocknade — —
subjunctive2 tjockne tjocknade — —
present participle tjocknande
past participle tjocknad

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

See also

  • förtjocka (“thicken (make thicker)”)
  • reda (“thicken (with flour or egg yolk)”)

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