tjuvskjuta
Swedish
Etymology
From tjuv (“thief”) + skjuta (“to shoot”).
Verb
tjuvskjuta (present tjuvskjuter, preterite tjuvsköt, supine tjuvskjutit, imperative tjuvskjut)
- to poach (hunt illegally)
- Han tjuvsköt renar ― He poached reindeer
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | tjuvskjuta | tjuvskjutas | ||
| supine | tjuvskjutit | tjuvskjutits | ||
| imperative | tjuvskjut | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | tjuvskjuten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | tjuvskjuter | tjuvsköt | tjuvskjuts, tjuvskjutes | tjuvsköts |
| ind. plural1 | tjuvskjuta | tjuvsköto | tjuvskjutas | tjuvskötos |
| subjunctive2 | tjuvskjute | tjuvsköte | tjuvskjutes | tjuvskötes |
| present participle | tjuvskjutande | |||
| past participle | tjuvskjuten | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
- tjuvskytte (“poaching”)