sysselsätta
See also: sysselsatta
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]sysselsätta (present sysselsätter, preterite sysselsatte, supine sysselsatt, imperative sysselsätt)
- to occupy (with something)
- Jag sysselsätter mig med att lösa korsord
- I occupy myself with solving crossword puzzles
- Håll dom sysselsatta medan jag länsar kassaskåpet
- Keep them busy while I empty the safe
- to employ (a person for a job)
- fabriken sysselsätter tjugo personer
- the factory employs twenty people
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sysselsätta | sysselsättas | ||
| supine | sysselsatt | sysselsatts | ||
| imperative | sysselsätt | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sysselsätten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sysselsätter | sysselsatte | sysselsätts, sysselsättes | sysselsattes |
| ind. plural1 | sysselsätta | sysselsatte | sysselsättas | sysselsattes |
| subjunctive2 | sysselsätte | sysselsatte | sysselsättes | sysselsattes |
| present participle | sysselsättande | |||
| past participle | sysselsatt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “sysselsätta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “sysselsätta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “sysselsätta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)