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 | döva |
| Present | dövar |
| Past | dövade |
| Imperative | döva |
| Supine | dövat |
Verbs conjugated like 'döva'
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 'döva'
döda,
döma,
döna,
döpa,
duva,
köva,
löva,
öva,
röva,
söva,
Translations
dull, to soften, moderate or blunt
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Jag dövade smärtan med en ispåse (I numbed the pain with an ice pack)
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Han dövade smärtan efter skilsmässan med sex, sprit och knark (He numbed the pain after the divorce with sex, alcohol [hard liquor], and drugs [colloquial])
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I förhör säger mannen att han tände på för att döva sin ångest (In interrogation, the man says he started/set the fires [lit on] to numb his anxiety)
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Hon försökte döva sitt dåliga samvete genom att ge honom presenter (She tried to numb her bad conscience by giving him gifts)
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döva hungern med cigaretter (numb one's hunger with cigarettes)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. döva; till DÖF; jfr d. døve, isl. deyfa, got.
gadaubjan, ä. t. tauben, täuben fsv. döva, smälta (mat); af mnt. douwen, motsv. mht. döuwen, douwen, t. dauen; etymologiskt identiskt med TÖA; jfr DOFVA, v.
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, äfvensom FÖRDÖFVA References:
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2. döv (“deaf”) + -a, "deafen"
Cognates
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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.