svengja

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsveiɲca/

  Rhymes: -eiɲca

Verb

svengja (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative svengdi, supine svengt)

1. (usually impersonal) to cause to feel hungry [with accusative ‘something’] (idiomatically translated as "be hungry" with the accusative object as the subject)

   Synonym: hungra

   mig svengir ― I am hungry

Conjugation

svengja – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að svengja
supine sagnbót		svengt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		svengjandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	svengi	svengdi		svengi	svengdi
	þú	svengir	svengdir		svengir	svengdir
	hann, hún, það	svengir	svengdi		svengi	svengdi
plural	við	svengjum	svengdum		svengjum	svengdum
	þið	svengið	svengduð		svengið	svengduð
	þeir, þær, þau	svengja	svengdu		svengi	svengdu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	sveng (þú), svengdu
plural	þið	svengið (þið), svengiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

svengjast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að svengjast
supine sagnbót		svengst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		svengjandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	svengist	svengdist		svengist	svengdist
	þú	svengist	svengdist		svengist	svengdist
	hann, hún, það	svengist	svengdist		svengist	svengdist
plural	við	svengjumst	svengdumst		svengjumst	svengdumst
	þið	svengist	svengdust		svengist	svengdust
	þeir, þær, þau	svengjast	svengdust		svengist	svengdust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	svengst (þú), svengstu
plural	þið	svengist (þið), svengisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

svengdur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	svengdur	svengd	svengt	svengdir	svengdar	svengd
accusative (þolfall)	svengdan	svengda	svengt	svengda	svengdar	svengd
dative (þágufall)	svengdum	svengdri	svengdu	svengdum	svengdum	svengdum
genitive (eignarfall)	svengds	svengdrar	svengds	svengdra	svengdra	svengdra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	svengdi	svengda	svengda	svengdu	svengdu	svengdu
accusative (þolfall)	svengda	svengdu	svengda	svengdu	svengdu	svengdu
dative (þágufall)	svengda	svengdu	svengda	svengdu	svengdu	svengdu
genitive (eignarfall)	svengda	svengdu	svengda	svengdu	svengdu	svengdu

Related terms

• svangur