dejta

Swedish

Etymology

From English date + -a or from dejt +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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Verb

dejta (present dejtar, preterite dejtade, supine dejtat, imperative dejta)

1. (intransitive, informal) to date

   Jag har dejtat ett tag nu.

   I've been dating for a while now.

2. (transitive, informal) to date /someone/

   Jag har börjat dejta Karin.

   I've started dating Karin.

3. (reciprocal, informal) to date each other

   Jag och Karin har börjat dejta.

   Me and Karin have started dating.

Conjugation

Conjugation of dejta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	dejta		dejtas
Supine	dejtat		dejtats
Imperative	dejta		—
Imper. plural1	dejten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	dejtar	dejtade	dejtas	dejtades
Ind. plural1	dejta	dejtade	dejtas	dejtades
Subjunctive2	dejte	dejtade	dejtes	dejtades
	Participles
Present participle	dejtande
Past participle	dejtad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• dejt