slippa
Icelandic
Noun
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish slippa, from Old Norse sleppa.
Pronunciation
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Verb
slippa
- to not have to do, to get away (with not doing)
- Vi slapp städa köket innan vi åkte
- We did not have to clean the kitchen before we left (they did not force us to clean the kitchen before we left, we got away without cleaning the kitchen before we left)
- Vi slapp städa köket innan vi åkte
- to not have to experience (something unpleasant), to not have to deal with
- Jag hoppas vi slipper regn imorgon
- I hope we won't get rain tomorrow (I hope we won't have to deal with rain tomorrow)
- Jag hoppas vi slipper regn imorgon
- (slang) to be unable
- med en T-Ford slipper man åka fortare än 70 km/h
- with a Model T Ford, you won't have to (i.e., you can't) go faster than 70 km/h
- med en T-Ford slipper man åka fortare än 70 km/h
Conjugation
Conjugation of slippa (class 3 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | slippa | — | ||
| Supine | sluppit | — | ||
| Imperative | slipp | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | slippen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | slipper | slapp | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | slippa | sluppo | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | slippe | sluppe | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | slippande | |||
| Past participle | sluppen | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||