gynna
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Low German günnen, from Old Saxon giunnan, from Proto-Germanic *gaunnaną. See gunst and unna.[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]gynna (present gynnar, preterite gynnade, supine gynnat, imperative gynna)
- (transitive, intransitive) to benefit (someone or something)
- Det gynnar oss
- It benefits us
- Vissa insekter gynnas av skogsbränder
- Some insects benefit from forest fires (note that gynnas is in the passive here – the subject of gynna does the benefiting, while the (optional, but usually included) object is being benefited)
- to favor (provide with benefit (at the expense of others))
- Domaren anklagades för att gynna hemmalaget
- The referee was accused of favoring the home team
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gynna | gynnas | ||
| supine | gynnat | gynnats | ||
| imperative | gynna | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | gynnen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | gynnar | gynnade | gynnas | gynnades |
| ind. plural1 | gynna | gynnade | gynnas | gynnades |
| subjunctive2 | gynne | gynnade | gynnes | gynnades |
| present participle | gynnande | |||
| past participle | gynnad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gynna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
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