inskränka

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of German einschränken, equivalent to in- +‎ skränka. Latter half of compound related to skrank and skranka (“fence”). Original sense was "put (someone) inside the fence" or "keep within the confines".

Verb

inskränka (present inskränker, preterite inskränkte, supine inskränkt, imperative inskränk)

1. restrict, narrow, confine

Conjugation

Conjugation of inskränka (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	inskränka		inskränkas
supine	inskränkt		inskränkts
imperative	inskränk		—
imper. plural1	inskränken		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	inskränker	inskränkte	inskränks, inskränkes	inskränktes
ind. plural1	inskränka	inskränkte	inskränkas	inskränktes
subjunctive2	inskränke	inskränkte	inskränkes	inskränktes
present participle		inskränkande
past participle		inskränkt

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• inskränkning
• inskränkt

References

• “inskränka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “inskränka”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “inskränka”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• inskränka in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)