svälta

See also: svælta

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish svælta, from Old Norse svelta, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną.

Verb

svälta

to hunger, to starve (to be the victim of famine)
to let hunger, to let starve (to refuse someone food)

Conjugation

Conjugation of svälta 1

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	svälta	—
Present tense	svälter	—
Past tense	svalt	—
Supine	svultit	—
Imperative	svält	—
Present participle	svältande
Past participle	svulten

Conjugation of svälta 2

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	svälta	—
Present tense	svälter	—
Past tense	svälte	—
Supine	svält	—
Imperative	svält	—
Present participle	svältande
Past participle	svält

Related terms

svält

References

svälta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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