värma

See also: varma, Varma, and værma

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish værma, from Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic *warmijaną.

Noun

värma c

  1. (archaic) heat, warmth (the same as värme)
    med blid och livlig värma
    with mild and lively warmth (from a Swedish summer hymn)

Verb

värma (present värmer, preterite värmde, supine värmt, imperative värm)

  1. (sometimes with upp (“up”), used similarly to English) to heat, to warm (make warmer)
    värma maten i mikron
    heat the food in the microwave
    Solen värmer oss
    The sun warms us
    Har ni haft tid att värma upp?
    Have you had time to get warmed up [to warm up]?
  2. (figuratively) to make happy
    Tack för komplimangen! Det värmer.
    Thanks for the compliment! It makes me happy [It warms].

Conjugation

Conjugation of värma (weak)
active passive
infinitive värma värmas
supine värmt värmts
imperative värm —
imper. plural1 värmen —
present past present past
indicative värmer värmde värms, värmes värmdes
ind. plural1 värma värmde värmas värmdes
subjunctive2 värme värmde värmes värmdes
present participle värmande
past participle värmd

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

References

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