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 | tända |
| Present | tänder |
| Past | tände |
| Imperative | tänd |
| Supine | tänt |
Verbs conjugated like 'tända'
anlända,
antända,
använda,
avblända,
avbända,
avhända,
avlända,
avsända,
avsändas,
avvända,
bakvända,
behända,
beskända,
besända,
bevända,
blända,
bortvända,
direktsända,
drejvända,
eftersända, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tända'
anda,
banda,
handa,
landa,
randa,
sanda,
tända,
tanka,
ana,
ända,
Translations
heat, to arouse, to excite (sexually)
ignite, to set fire to, to light
ignite, to trigger
kindle, to start (a fire)
kindle, to arouse
switch, to change (something) to the specified state using a switch
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. tända, tändas; jfr d. tænde, nor. bm.
tenne, fvn. tenda, got.
tandjan, fht. enzenden, feng. ontendan; i avljudsförh. till got.
tundnan, bli upptänd, vartill sannol. äv. fht. zunden, zuntan (t. zünden). — Jfr SILVER-TÅNN, TUNDER, TÄNDE References:
1
2. From Old Swedish tænda, from Old Norse tenda, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną. Akin to German zünden and Old English tendan (whence English tind). The meaning of sexual arousal is likely a semantic calque from English turn on. See: Old Swedish '
tænda', Proto-Germanic '
*tandijaną', German, old spelling '
zünden', Old English '
tendan', English '
tind', English '
turn on'.
Verbs referencing "tända"
English
tinder, German, old spelling
zünden, Danish
tænde.
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.