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 | läska |
| Present | läskar |
| Past | läskade |
| Imperative | läska |
| Supine | läskat |
Verbs conjugated like 'läska'
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 'läska'
aska,
baska,
blaska,
daska,
gaska,
haska,
kaska,
klaska,
lacka,
laka,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Vi läskade oss med kall citronsaft. (We quenched our thirst with cold lemonade.)
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Hans nåd lade ifrån sig pennan, läskade arket. (His Grace laid down his pen, [and] blotted the sheet.) [1910, Hjalmar Bergman, Hans nåds testamente, page 279:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. liksom d. læske av mnt. l. mht. l. ä. t. leschen (motsv. t.
löschen), släcka; trol. med urspr. bet.: komma (ngt) att lägga sig o. rotbesläktat med LIGGA References:
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2. From Low German leschen (“to extinguish”), from Middle Low German leschen, from Old Saxon leskan, from Proto-West Germanic *leskan.
3. Related to modern Dutch lessen and modern German löschen. According to Svenska Akademiens ordbok the original meaning has been "to make something lay down" and related to ligga (“to lie”). See also Danish læske. The noun is first attested in writing in 1644https://web.archive.org/web/20160305031626/http://g3.spraakdata.gu.se/saob/show.phtml?filenr=1/146/76.html and is described as a verbal noun derived from läska, which is attested from 1559.https://web.archive.org/web/20140903110105/http://g3.spraakdata.gu.se/saob/show.phtml?filenr=1/146/77.html See: Low Saxon 'leschen'.
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.