döma

See also: doma, domã, DOMA, domá, domà, domā, and døma

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dø̄ma, from Old Norse dǿma, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

döma (present dömer, preterite dömde, supine dömt, imperative döm)

1. to sentence, to judge
   • 1526, Gustav Vasas Bibel, Sankt Matteus evangelium:

     Domen hörer Gudhi til, Therföre then som dömer vthan Gudz befalning, han tagher Gudhi hans äro jfrå.

     Judgment belongs to God; therefore, whoever judges without God's command takes God's honor away from Him.

   • 1915, Dan Andersson, Kolvaktarens Visor, I timmerkojan på Sami:

     Hård var den lott vi dömdes att få -
     målet - det må Herren förklara!

     Hard was the lot we were sentenced to receive -
     the goal - the Lord may explain!

2. to deem, to make a judgement
3. (sports) to umpire, to referee
4. (idiomatic, in "döm om min förvåning (när ...)") imagine my surprise (when ...)

Usage notes

• The spelling of this verb is irregular. Phonetically it should be *dömma, but the -m- is never doubled. The same is true of the related noun dom and derivatives.

Conjugation

Conjugation of döma (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	döma		dömas
supine	dömt		dömts
imperative	döm		—
imper. plural1	dömen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	dömer	dömde	döms, dömes	dömdes
ind. plural1	döma	dömde	dömas	dömdes
subjunctive2	döme	dömde	dömes	dömdes
present participle		dömande
past participle		dömd

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

Derived terms

• avdöma
• bedöma
• döma bort
• döma ut
• fråndöma
• fördöma
• tilldöma
• utdöma
• ådöma

Related terms

• dom
• domare
• -döme

References

• “döma”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “förvåning”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “döma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “döma”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• möda