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 | glädja |
| Present | gläder |
| Past | gladde |
| Imperative | glädj |
| Supine | glatt |
Verbs similar to 'glädja'
glädjas,
bläda,
flädra,
glada,
gladna,
gläfsa,
glänsa,
glänta,
glätta,
glida,
Translations
delight, to give pleasure to
gladden, to cause to become more glad
please, to make happy or satisfy
pleasure, to give pleasure to
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Det gladde mig att höra. (I was happy to hear that.)
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And I said: "It gladdens a young man that you've come all the way here, […] [1917, Dan Andersson, Svarta ballader, "Gillet på vinden" Och jag sade: "Det gläder en yngling att du tagit däj ända hit,[…]]
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Klappa händerna när du är riktigt glad (klapp klapp). Klappa händerna när du är riktigt glad (klapp klapp). Du kan också glädja andra som på denna jorden vandra [old present tense plural, usually vandrar]. Klappa händerna när du är riktigt glad (klapp klapp). (Clap your hands ["the hands" – Swedish often prefers to express possession by putting nouns in the definite] when you are really happy (clap clap). Clap your hands when you are really happy (clap clap). You can also make others happy who wander [upon] this earth [You can also make-happy / gladden others who upon this earth wander]. Clap your hands when you are really happy (clap clap).) [(Can we date this quote?), “Klappa händerna när du är riktigt glad [Clap Your Hands When You Are Really Happy [If You're Happy and You Know It]]”performed by Mora Träsk:]
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Han glädjer sig åt att äntligen ha semester (He is happy to finally be on vacation)
Additional Information
glädja göra glad
[A/x gläder B]
Engelsk översättning
give pleasure; please; delight
Exempel
han gladde publiken med en nyskriven visa---he delighted the audience with a newly written
song
Svenskt uppslagsord
gläder sig gladde glatt gläd! glädja verb
vara glad; jubla
[A gläder sig åt/över x]
Engelsk översättning
be glad (pleased, happy); rejoice
Exempel
han gladde
sig över presenten---he enjoyed his present
Etymology
1. fsv. gläþia, gläþa resp. gläþ(i)as; jfr d. glæde, v., isl. gleðja, feng. gladian; avledn. av GLAD, adj. References:
1
2. From Old Swedish glæþia, glæþa, from Old Norse gleðja, from Proto-Germanic *gladjaną, derived from Proto-Germanic *gladaz. Compare Icelandic gleðja, Danish glæde, Old English gladian. See: Old Swedish '
glæþia', Old Norse '
gleðja', Icelandic '
gleðja', Danish '
glæde', Old English '
gladian'.
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.