hamstra

See also: Hamstra

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• hamstret

Verb

hamstra

1. inflection of hamstre:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

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Swedish

Etymology

hamster +‎ -a, from German hamstern, used in Swedish since the Great War 1914-1918, cognate with Danish hamstre.

Verb

hamstra (present hamstrar, preterite hamstrade, supine hamstrat, imperative hamstra)

1. to hoard or gather, to stock up, to collect (large) stocks for later use (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks)

   I Stockholm uppstod en utpräglad knapphet i fråga om mjölk och fortsatt kaos på smörmarknaden, där förut hamstrat smör kastades in och nya partier hamstrades.

   In Stockholm arose a certain shortage of milk and continued chaos on the market for butter, where previously hoarded butter was sold off and new batches were hoarded.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hamstra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	hamstra		hamstras
Supine	hamstrat		hamstrats
Imperative	hamstra		—
Imper. plural1	hamstren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	hamstrar	hamstrade	hamstras	hamstrades
Ind. plural1	hamstra	hamstrade	hamstras	hamstrades
Subjunctive2	hamstre	hamstrade	hamstres	hamstrades
	Participles
Present participle	hamstrande
Past participle	hamstrad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• hamstrare
• hamstring

References

• hamstra in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hamstra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• harmats