fläta

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Swedish[edit]

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fläta

fläta

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Swedish flætta, from Old Norse flétta, from Proto-Germanic *flehtaną, from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Rhymes: -ɛːta

Noun[edit]

fläta c

braid, plait

Declension[edit]

Declension of fläta
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fläta	flätan	flätor	flätorna
Genitive	flätas	flätans	flätors	flätornas

Verb[edit]

fläta (present flätar, preterite flätade, supine flätat, imperative fläta)

braid (intertwine, sometimes figuratively)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of fläta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	fläta		flätas
Supine	flätat		flätats
Imperative	fläta		—
Imper. plural¹	fläten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	flätar	flätade	flätas	flätades
Ind. plural¹	fläta	flätade	flätas	flätades
Subjunctive²	fläte	flätade	flätes	flätades
	Participles
Present participle	flätande
Past participle	flätad
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

omslingra

Descendants[edit]

→ Finnish: fleeta, leeta, letti, fleda

Further reading[edit]

fläta in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
fläta in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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