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 | hamstra |
| Present | hamstrar |
| Past | hamstrade |
| Imperative | hamstra |
| Supine | hamstrat |
Verbs conjugated like 'hamstra'
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 'hamstra'
halstra,
alstra,
hamra,
hasta,
hölstra,
alstras,
amysera,
avstöra,
avstyra,
basera,
Translations
stockpile, accumulate a stockpile
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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I Stockholm uppstod en utpräglad knapphet i fråga om mjölk och fortsatt kaos på smörmarknaden, där förut hamstrat smör kastades in och nya partier hamstrades. (In Stockholm arose a certain shortage of milk and continued chaos on the market for butter, where previously hoarded butter was sold off and new batches were hoarded.)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. liksom d. hamstre efter t.
hamstern, till t. hamster (se HAMSTER) med syftning på den för hamstern karakteristiska vanan att samla stora förråd av föda. Ordet inlånades i tidningsspråket under världskriget
1914—18 References:
1
2. hamster + -a, a calque of German hamstern, used in Swedish since the Great War 1914–1918, cognate with Danish hamstre. See: Danish '
hamstre'.
Verbs referencing "hamstra"
Finnish with old forms
hamstrata.
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.