bränna

See also: bránna and brænna

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brænna, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

Verb

bränna

1. (transitive) fire (heat (pottery, etc.))
2. (transitive) to overheat food; to heat the food until it is blackened.
3. (transitive) burn
   1. to set fire to
   2. to injure by heat or caustic chemicals
   3. to record on a read-only medium
4. (reflexive) to hurt oneself by touching a hot object
5. (reflexive) to get badly sunburned
6. (reflexive) to get stung by nettles or similar
7. to hurt; as of a sunburn
8. to produce liquor (especially illegally)
9. to produce calcium oxide (burnt lime) from calcium carbonate through heating

Conjugation

Conjugation of bränna (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	bränna		brännas
Supine	bränt		bränts
Imperative	bränn		—
Imper. plural1	brännen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	bränner	brände	bränns, brännes	brändes
Ind. plural1	bränna	brände	brännas	brändes
Subjunctive2	bränne	brände	brännes	brändes
	Participles
Present participle	brännande
Past participle	bränd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• brinna
• brännmärke
• brännskada
• solbränna
• bränt barn skyr elden