mygga

Swedish

A mosquito, aedes aegypti, biting a human

A man, John Kasich, with a small microphone (mygga) attached to his shirt

Etymology

From Middle Low German mügge, from Old Saxon muggia, from Proto-West Germanic *muggjā, from Proto-Germanic *mugjō, *mujan, from Proto-Indo-European *mu (“fly”), *mew-.

Cognates with Norwegian mygg, Icelandic mý, Danish myg, Old English myċġ, myċġe (whence Middle English migge, English midge); Old High German mucka (German Mücke (“mosquito”)); Latvian muša; Albanian mizë; Russian му́ха (múxa); Ancient Greek μυῖα (muîa); Ukrainian му́ха (múxa); Bulgarian му́ха (múha); Lower Sorbian mucha, Polish mucha and Slovak mucha. Akin to Latin musca (“fly”). Compare the Dutch mug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²mʏɡa/

Noun

mygga c

1. A mosquito (small flying insect of the family Culicidae, known for biting and sucking blood).
2. (somewhat colloquial) A lavalier microphone, small microphone worn on clothing.

Usage notes

• As a mass noun, mygg is common.

Declension

Declension of mygga
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mygga	myggan	myggor	myggorna
Genitive	myggas	myggans	myggors	myggornas

Derived terms

• myggfönster
• myggmedel
• myggnät
• myggspray
• myggstift

Verb

mygga (present myggar, preterite myggade, supine myggat, imperative mygga)

1. (colloquial) to attach a small microphone on someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of mygga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	mygga		myggas
Supine	myggat		myggats
Imperative	mygga		—
Imper. plural1	myggen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	myggar	myggade	myggas	myggades
Ind. plural1	mygga	myggade	myggas	myggades
Subjunctive2	mygge	myggade	mygges	myggades
	Participles
Present participle	myggande
Past participle	myggad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Further reading

• mygga in Svensk ordbok.