nyttja
Swedish
Etymology
From the noun nytta. From Old Swedish nytia.
Verb
nyttja (present nyttjar, preterite nyttjade, supine nyttjat, imperative nyttja)
- to use, to make use of
Usage notes
- Recommendations against the use of this word in legal prose, together with suggested replacements, are found in Svarta listan : Ord och fraser som kan ersättas i författningsspråk (4th ed., 2011), published by the government of Sweden. The recommendations apply primarily to governmental texts; they may or may not apply to other legal prose.
Conjugation
Conjugation of nyttja (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | nyttja | nyttjas | ||
| Supine | nyttjat | nyttjats | ||
| Imperative | nyttja | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | nyttjen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | nyttjar | nyttjade | nyttjas | nyttjades |
| Ind. plural1 | nyttja | nyttjade | nyttjas | nyttjades |
| Subjunctive2 | nyttje | nyttjade | nyttjes | nyttjades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | nyttjande | |||
| Past participle | nyttjad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||