svinga

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• svinget
• svingte (simple past)
• svingt (past participle)

Verb

svinga

1. inflection of svinge:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• svinge

Etymology

From German schwingen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sʋɪŋːɑ/

Verb

svinga (present tense svingar, past tense svinga, past participle svinga, passive infinitive svingast, present participle svingande, imperative svinga/sving)

1. to turn

   Sving til venstre i neste kryss.

   Turn left at the next crossroads.

2. to swing

   Krigaren svinga sverdet.

   The warrior swung his sword.

References

• “svinga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German swingen, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan. Cognate of German schwingen, English swing. Doublet of svänga and schvung.

Verb

svinga (present svingar, preterite svingade, supine svingat, imperative svinga)

1. to swing (move (something) in an arcing motion)

   svinga ett svärd/slagträ

   swing a sword/bat

Conjugation

Conjugation of svinga (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	svinga		svingas
supine	svingat		svingats
imperative	svinga		—
imper. plural1	svingen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	svingar	svingade	svingas	svingades
ind. plural1	svinga	svingade	svingas	svingades
subjunctive2	svinge	svingade	svinges	svingades
present participle		svingande
past participle		svingad

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

Related terms

• schvung
• sving

See also

• slänga

References

• “svinga”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “svinga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “svinga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• svinga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)