lugna
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]lugna
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]lugna (present lugnar, preterite lugnade, supine lugnat, imperative lugna)
- to calm (someone)
- De lugnade honom med försäkringar om att hans son var oskadd
- They calmed him by reassuring that his son was unharmed
- (reflexive) to calm down
- Lugna dig!
- Calm down!
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | lugna | lugnas | ||
| supine | lugnat | lugnats | ||
| imperative | lugna | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | lugnen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | lugnar | lugnade | lugnas | lugnades |
| ind. plural1 | lugna | lugnade | lugnas | lugnades |
| subjunctive2 | lugne | lugnade | lugnes | lugnades |
| present participle | lugnande | |||
| past participle | lugnad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
See also
[edit]- lugna ner (“calm down”)
References
[edit]- “lugna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “lugna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “lugna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)