dräpa

See also: drapa and dræpa

Swedish[edit]

dräpa (present dräper, preterite dräpte, supine dräpt, imperative dräp)

(poetic and regional) to kill, to commit manslaughter
- 1890 P. P. Waldenström, Genom norra Amerikas förenta stater, page 360
  Cronin hade blifvit kallad till sjukbesök. Inkommen i huset befann han sig midt i hopen af mördare, som utan försköning dråpo honom, hvarefter de stoppade ned hans lik i en gatubrunn, der det sedan återfans vid rensning af kloakrören.
  Cronin had been called to a doctor's visit. In the house, he found himself in the midst of murderers, who without mercy killed him, after which they stuffed his corpse down a manhole, where it was later found when the sewage pipes were cleaned.

Pretty much identical to English slay in a literary sense: Riddaren dräpte draken ― The knight slew the dragon

Conjugation of dräpa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dräpa		dräpas
Supine	dräpt		dräpts
Imperative	dräp		—
Imper. plural¹	dräpen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dräper	dräpte	dräps, dräpes	dräptes
Ind. plural¹	dräpa	dräpte	dräpas	dräptes
Subjunctive²	dräpe	dräpte	dräpes	dräptes
	Participles
Present participle	dräpande
Past participle	dräpt
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of dräpa (class 5 strong, archaic)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dräpa		dräpas
Supine	dräpit		dräpits
Imperative	dräp		—
Imper. plural¹	dräpen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dräper	drap	dräps, dräpes	draps
Ind. plural¹	dräpa	dråpo	dräpas	dråpos
Subjunctive²	dräpe	dråpe	dräpes	dråpes
	Participles
Present participle	dräpande
Past participle	dräpen
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.