älska

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Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish ælska, from Old Norse ælska (Compare Old West Norse elska). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛlˌska/
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  • Hyphenation (inflected forms): älsk‧ar

Verb[edit]

älska (present älskar, preterite älskade, supine älskat, imperative älska)

  1. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) to love
    Jag älskar dig
    I love you
    Jag älskar deras nya kebabsås
    I love their new kebab sauce
    • 1969, Lasse Berghagen (lyrics and music), “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the teddy bear]”:
      Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, så hette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän, när jag var ett litet barn.
      Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name. Once he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose was made of yarn. Yes, he was my best friend, when I was a little child.
  2. (intransitive) to make love
    De älskade med varandra
    They made love to each other
    De älskade uppe på höskullen
    They made love in the hayloft

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of älska (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive älska älskas
Supine älskat älskats
Imperative älska —
Imper. plural1 älsken —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative älskar älskade älskas älskades
Ind. plural1 älska älskade älskas älskades
Subjunctive2 älske älskade älskes älskades
Participles
Present participle älskande
Past participle älskad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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