tända
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²tɛnda/
Audio (Gotland) (file) - Rhymes: -²ɛnda
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish tænda, from Old Norse tenda, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną. Akin to German zünden and Old English tendan (whence English tind). The meaning of sexual arousal is likely a semantic calque from English turn on.
Verb
tända (present tänder, preterite tände, supine tänt, imperative tänd)
- to light, to ignite; to turn on (any kind of) lights (including flames)
- Antonym: släcka
- Han tände lampan ― He turned on the light
- Han tände en cigarett ― He lit a cigarette
- to become sexually aroused
- Doktor Snuggles tänder på människor och djur
- Doctor Snuggles is turned on by humans and animals (misheard lyrics)
- to become enthusiastic about something
Conjugation
Conjugation of tända (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tända | tändas | ||
| Supine | tänt | tänts | ||
| Imperative | tänd | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tänden | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tänder | tände | tänds, tändes | tändes |
| Ind. plural1 | tända | tände | tändas | tändes |
| Subjunctive2 | tände | tände | tändes | tändes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tändande | |||
| Past participle | tänd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Further reading
- tända in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams
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