In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | älta |
| Present | ältar |
| Past | ältade |
| Imperative | älta |
| Supine | ältat |
Verbs conjugated like 'älta'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'älta'
äkta,
äta,
kälta,
mälta,
tälta,
välta,
äga,
ägna,
akta,
ala,
Translations
brood, to dwell upon moodily and at length
harp, to repeatedly mention a subject
nag, bother with memories
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Hon ältade alltid gamla misstag när hon var deprimerad. (She always brooded old mistakes when she was depressed.)
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Du måste älta murbruket tills det får en jämn konsistens. (You have to work the mortar until it has an even consistency.)
Additional Information
Etymology
According to Nationalencyklopedins ordbok, the noun definition is attested since 1635, originally meaning "something". The verb comes from the Old Swedish ælta (“to drive, to hunt; to stir, to knead”), from Old Norse elta (“to drive, hunt, knead”), akin to Norwegian Bokmål elte, from Proto-Germanic *alatjaną (“to drive, move”), related to Ancient Greek ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive”). See: Old Swedish '
ælta', Norwegian '
elte', Proto-Germanic '
*alatjaną'.
Verbs referencing "älta"
English
elt.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.