bränna

See also: bránna and brænna

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish brænna, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

Verb

bränna

  1. (transitive) fire (heat (pottery, etc.))
  2. (transitive) to overheat food; to heat the food until it is blackened.
  3. (transitive) burn
    1. to set fire to
    2. to injure by heat or caustic chemicals
    3. to record on a read-only medium
  4. (reflexive) to hurt oneself by touching a hot object
  5. (reflexive) to get badly sunburned
  6. (reflexive) to get stung by nettles or similar
  7. to hurt; as of a sunburn
  8. to produce liquor (especially illegally)
  9. to produce calcium oxide (burnt lime) from calcium carbonate through heating

Conjugation
Conjugation of bränna (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive bränna brännas
Present tense bränner bränns , brännes
Past tense brände brändes
Supine bränt bränts
Imperative bränn —
Present participle brännande
Past participle bränd
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