skratta

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• skratte

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²skrɑtːɑ/

Verb

skratta (present tense skrattar, past tense skratta, past participle skratta, passive infinitive skrattast, present participle skrattande, imperative skratta/skratt)

1. to laugh loudly
2. (of birds) to cackle, make a loud noise (e.g. like a crow)

Derived terms

• gapskratta

References

• “skratta” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en skrattande man [a laughing man]

Seagulls "laughing".

Etymology

skratt +‎ -a, used since 1561, cognate with Danish skratte (“to rattle, to make noise”), related to an obsolete Swedish word skrata (to scare away by making noise).

Pronunciation

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Verb

skratta (present skrattar, preterite skrattade, supine skrattat, imperative skratta)

1. to laugh

   Synonyms: garva, flabba

   Han skrattade åt det roliga skämtet

   He laughed at the funny joke

   Man vet inte om man ska skratta eller gråta

   You don't know whether to laugh or cry

2. (poetic) The call of certain birds (chiefly seagulls).
   • 1992, Orup, “Magaluf” (0:33 from the start):

     Jag vet inte vad det var.
     Men du ville stanna kvar.
     I Magaluf där måsarna skrattar sig hesa
     När de talar om dig och mig.

     I don’t know what it was.
     But you wanted to stay.
     In Magaluf, where the seagulls laugh themselves hoarse
     When they talk about you and me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of skratta (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	skratta		skrattas
supine	skrattat		skrattats
imperative	skratta		—
imper. plural1	skratten		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	skrattar	skrattade	skrattas	skrattades
ind. plural1	skratta	skrattade	skrattas	skrattades
subjunctive2	skratte	skrattade	skrattes	skrattades
present participle		skrattande
past participle		skrattad

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

Derived terms

• gapskratta
• skratt
• skratta bort
• skratta till
• skratta ut
• skrattag
• skrattanfall
• skrattar bäst som skrattar sist
• skrattare
• skrattattack
• skrattfest
• skrattfågel
• skrattgrop
• skrattig
• skrattlust, skrattlusta
• skrattlysten
• skrattlystnad
• skrattmuskel
• skrattmås
• skrattparoxysm
• skrattpiller
• skrattretande
• skrattrynka
• skrattsalva
• skrattsjuk
• skrattspegel
• skrattsuccé
• skrattögd

See also

• fnissa
• gråta (“cry”)
• haha
• le
• skräna

References

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

Anagrams

• krattas, skattar