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 | viga |
| Present | viger |
| Past | vigde |
| Imperative | vig |
| Supine | vigt |
Verbs conjugated like 'viga'
anbeträffa,
anfylla,
angälla,
anhänga,
anmäla,
anringa,
anskälla,
anspränga,
anstränga,
anställa,
ansvälla,
antränga,
antvinga,
avbeställa,
avbringa,
avbygga,
avböja,
avdöma,
avflänga,
avfylla, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'viga'
aviga,
giga,
miga,
niga,
siga,
tiga,
våga,
väga,
vidga,
vigga,
Translations
dedicate, to set apart for a deity or for religious purposes; consecrate
dedicate, to set apart for a special use
dedicate, to commit (oneself) to a particular course of thought or action
marry, to unite in wedlock
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Han har vigt sitt liv åt att hjälpa andra. (He has devoted his life to helping others.)
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Müller närde förhoppningar om att kunna viga honom till katolsk präst. (Müller had hopes of being able to ordain him as a Catholic priest.) [2004, Anders Piltz, “Gunnar Rosendals verk”, in Signum, number 4, archived from the original on 09 May 2021:]
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I de orientaliska kyrkorna [...] kan gifta män vigas till präster och diakoner. (In the Eastern Churches married men can be ordained as priests and deacons.) [2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes, Catholica, archived from the original on 20 Apr 2025, §1580:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. runsv. vigia, fsv.
vighia; jfr fd. wighia (d. vie), fvn. vígja, got.
weihan, fsax. wīhian (mlt. wīen, wīgen), mnl. wīen, wīden (nl. wijden), ffris. wīa, wīga, fht. wīhen (t. weihen); till ett adj. motsv. got. weihs, helig (se VI, sbst.
1). — Jfr VIGVATTEN References:
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2. From Old Swedish vīghia, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną. See: Old Swedish '
vighia', Proto-Germanic '
*wīhijaną'.
Verbs referencing "viga"
Finnish with old forms
vihkiä.
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.