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 | dreja |
| Present | drejar |
| Past | drejade |
| Imperative | dreja |
| Supine | drejat |
Verbs conjugated like 'dreja'
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 'dreja'
dreva,
dröja,
greja,
preja,
reja,
andreja,
ärja,
bidreja,
breda,
dalja,
Translations
throw, make (a pot) by shaping clay as it turns on a wheel
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Men av samma jord drejar [krukmakaren] både kärl för rena ändamål och kärl av motsatt slag. (But out of the same clay, the potter throws both vessels that serve clean uses and vessels of the opposite kind.) [2000, 1973 års bibelkommission [The Swedish Bible Commission of 1973], “Salomos vishet [Wisdom of Solomon] 15:7”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2025:]
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Efter att hon bakade bröd så drejade hon en skål. (After she baked bread, she threw a bowl.) [2015 December 19, Per Stahre, “Ännu ingen plats för Hertha Hillfons konst”, in Sveriges Radio, archived from the original on 17 Nov 2025:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. liksom d.
dreje af (m)nt. dreien, dreigen, draien, motsv. holl.
draaien, t.
drehen, eng. throw (af feng. þrāwan, vrida, sno); besläktadt med TRÅD, TARM o. DRILLA, v.
2; af en ieur. rot med grundbet. ”vrida”, ”borra” (jfr lat. terere, skafva, nöta, gr. τερεῖν, borra, svarfva m. fl.); jfr DREJ, äfvensom LURENDREJARE References:
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2. From Middle Low German dreien, from Old Saxon thrāian, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*þrēaną'.
Verbs referencing "dreja"
Latin
tero, Luxembourgish
dréien.
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.