glädja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish glæþia, glæþa, from Old Norse gleðja, from Proto-Germanic *gladjaną, derived from Proto-Germanic *gladaz. Compare Icelandic gleðja, Danish glæde, Old English gladian.

Verb

glädja

1. (reflexive) make someone or something feel happy

   Det gladde mig att höra.

   I was happy to hear that.

Conjugation

Conjugation of glädja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	glädja		glädjas
Supine	glatt		glatts
Imperative	gläd		—
Imper. plural1	gläden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	gläder, glädjer	gladde	gläds, glädes, glädjes	gladdes
Ind. plural1	glädja	gladde	glädjas	gladdes
Subjunctive2	gläde	gladde	glädes	gladdes
	Participles
Present participle	glädjande
Past participle	gladd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.