Noun: älta
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | älta |
| Sg. Def. | ältan |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | ältas |
| Sg. Def. | ältans |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like älta
kålrabbi,
assamesiska,
kundservice,
livsglädje,
farmakologi,
urologi,
urofili,
snöyra,
uppståndelse,
smegma,
skälva,
sodomi,
javanska,
sharia,
skumpa,
förintelseförnekelse,
upplysningsfilosofi,
kristallografi,
krimtatariska,
gerontofili, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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 Norse Nouns '
elta', Norwegian Bokmål Nouns '
elte'.
Verbs referencing "älta"
Finnish Nouns
eltta.
Translations
harp, to repeatedly mention a subject
brood, to dwell upon moodily and at length
nag, bother with memories