röja

See also: roja, Roja, roją, and rója

Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish rydhia, from Old Norse ryðja, from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną.

Alternative forms

• rödja (dated)
• röda (obsolete)
• rydda (dated, dialectal)

Verb

röja (present röjer, preterite röjde, supine röjt, imperative röj)

2. (sometimes intransitively with upp) to remove (natural) obstacles, to clear

   De röjde mark för huset som skulle byggas

   They cleared land for the house that was to be built

3. (colloquial) to party hard or engage in other intense (and possibly violent) activity
   • 1999, Johan Halleröd, Fredde Granberg, Tomas Claesson, Marko Lehtosalo, “Sola och bada i Piña Colada [Sunbathing and Swimming in Piña Colada]”‎^[1]performed by Markoolio [portmanteau of his first name Marko and the stage name of American rapper Coolio]; Jemma Myrberg:

     Sola och bada i Piña Colada. På sommaren är livet som bäst. Alla blir glada av Piña Colada. Man röjer och hånglar på fest.

     Sunbathing and swimming in Piña Colada [[To] sunbathe and swim in Piña Colada]. In the summer, life is at its best. Piña Colada makes everyone happy [Everyone becomes happy from Piña Colada]. You go wild and make out at parties ["at party" – while at a party].

Usage notes

Sometimes ironically of cleaning very messy rooms and the like in (etymology 1, verb sense 1).

Conjugation

Conjugation of röja (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	röja		röjas
supine	röjt		röjts
imperative	röj		—
imper. plural1	röjen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	röjer	röjde	röjs, röjes	röjdes
ind. plural1	röja	röjde	röjas	röjdes
subjunctive2	röje	röjde	röjes	röjdes
present participle		röjande
past participle		röjd

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

Derived terms

• minröjare
• minröjning
• röjsåg (“brushcutter, clearing saw”)
• undanröja
• röja undan

Related terms

• -ryd
• röj
• uppröjning

See also

• kötta

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish røghia (“to accuse, blame; to bewray, rat out, disclose”), from Old Norse rǿgja, from Proto-Germanic *wrōgijaną. Related to Norwegian røyja, Icelandic rægja.

Verb

röja (present röjer, preterite röjde, supine röjt, imperative röj)

1. disclose; expose, reveal (secret information); to betray (a secret)

   Den informationen är röjd för länge sedan

   That information is disclosed since a long time ago

   Han röjde min hemlighet

   He betrayed my secret

   Jag råkade röja basens position

   I accidentally revealed the location of the base

References

• “röja”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “röja”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “röja”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)