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skratta

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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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)

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
en skrattande man [a laughing man]

Etymology

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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).

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Verb

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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

Conjugation

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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.

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