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 | somna |
| Present | somnar |
| Past | somnade |
| Imperative | somna |
| Supine | somnat |
Verbs conjugated like 'somna'
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 'somna'
domna,
romna,
samna,
somra,
sona,
sotna,
ämna,
avsomna,
bokna,
bomba,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Han var liksom lite dragen då med, om man skall tala rättvist, så han somnade i stian.
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Jag borrade mig ned i sängen och kämpade mot myggen, tills jag somnade och vaknade sönderbiten.
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv.
somna, sofna = isl.
sofna,
2. jfr ä. da.
søvne; inkoativ till
sova
3. (såsom
vakna till
vaka); jfr fslav.
sunati
4. (av ie.
*sup-no-).
5. fsv. somna, sofna, sv. dial. somna (i bet.
I, II); jfr fd. sovne (d. sovne), nor.
sovne, fisl. sofna (nyisl. sofna), nor. dial. sovna; inkoativ bildning till SOVA References:
1
6. From Old Norse sofna, equivalent to sova (“to sleep”) + -na (“inchoative suffix”). -mn- via the sound change -fn- > -mn-, compare namn (< Old Norse nafn) and rämna, lämna, formed in the same manner.
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.