slakta
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Verb
[edit]slakta
- inflection of slakte:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German slachten, though Swedish had its own cognate word for "slaughter", a descendant of Old Norse slátra.
Verb
[edit]slakta (present slaktar, preterite slaktade, supine slaktat, imperative slakta)
- to slaughter, to butcher
- to butcher animals, generally for food
- to massacre people in large numbers
- to kill in a particularly brutal manner
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | slakta | slaktas | ||
| supine | slaktat | slaktats | ||
| imperative | slakta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | slakten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | slaktar | slaktade | slaktas | slaktades |
| ind. plural1 | slakta | slaktade | slaktas | slaktades |
| subjunctive2 | slakte | slaktade | slaktes | slaktades |
| present participle | slaktande | |||
| past participle | slaktad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “slakta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)