tugga

Swedish

Etymology

From the Old Norse tyggva, tyggja (“to chew”), from Proto-Germanic *kewwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɵˌɡːa]
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Noun

tugga c

  1. a bite (as much as one can chew)

Declension

Declension of tugga
nominative genitive
singular indefinite tugga tuggas
definite tuggan tuggans
plural indefinite tuggor tuggors
definite tuggorna tuggornas

Verb

tugga (present tuggar, preterite tuggade, supine tuggat, imperative tugga)

  1. to chew (to crush food with teeth prior to swallowing)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tugga (weak)
active passive
infinitive tugga tuggas
supine tuggat tuggats
imperative tugga —
imper. plural1 tuggen —
present past present past
indicative tuggar tuggade tuggas tuggades
ind. plural1 tugga tuggade tuggas tuggades
subjunctive2 tugge tuggade tugges tuggades
present participle tuggande
past participle tuggad

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

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References

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