hävda
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See also: hávda
Swedish
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Verb
[edit]hävda (present hävdar, preterite hävdade, supine hävdat, imperative hävda)
- to claim (with assurance, especially something that might be up for debate)
- Near-synonym: (claim, more generally) påstå
- Den åtalade hävdar att han handlade i nödvärn
- The defendant claims he acted in self-defense
- Bill Clinton hävdade att han aldrig haft sexuellt samröre med Monica Lewinsky
- Bill Clinton claimed that he never had sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky
- Hur kan man hävda något sådant?
- How can you make such a claim?
- to assert ((firmly) maintain and defend)
- hävda sin rätt
- assert one's rights
- (reflexive) to assert oneself
- att våga hävda sig
- to dare to assert oneself
- Nisse hävdade sig i tävlingen
- Nisse asserted himself in the competition
- hävda sig i en tuff bransch
- hold one's own in a tough field
- Han ska alltid hålla på och hävda sig
- He's always going around trying to one-up people [asserting himself]
- to (cultivate or otherwise utilize and) maintain (a property)
Usage notes
[edit](sense 1) only implies that others might disagree with the claim. This might sometimes but not always imply that it is questionable.
Conjugation
[edit]active | passive | |||
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infinitive | hävda | hävdas | ||
supine | hävdat | hävdats | ||
imperative | hävda | — | ||
imper. plural1 | hävden | — | ||
present | past | present | past | |
indicative | hävdar | hävdade | hävdas | hävdades |
ind. plural1 | hävda | hävdade | hävdas | hävdades |
subjunctive2 | hävde | hävdade | hävdes | hävdades |
present participle | hävdande | |||
past participle | hävdad |
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.