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 | stävja |
| Present | stävjar |
| Past | stävjade |
| Imperative | stävja |
| Supine | stävjat |
Verbs conjugated like 'stävja'
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 'stävja'
stäva,
säja,
sälja,
snärja,
snäva,
stäcka,
städa,
ställa,
stämma,
stänga,
Translations
stifle, to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing|smother|suffocate
stifle, to keep in, hold back, or repress (something)
interrupt, to disturb or halt an ongoing process or action
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
Additional Information
Etymology
1. sv. dial. stävja, hejda o. d., stävja sig, hejda sig, hålla sig i styr; jfr fvn. stefja, hindra, avstyra, nor. dial. stefje, hejda; sannol. till stammen i STAV, sbst.
2 (med avseende på ursprunget o. bet.-utvecklingen jfr STÄMMA, v.
3); ordet är i sv. riksspr. sannol. lån från fvn. References:
1
2. From Old Norse stefja (“to prevent”), likely borrowed at a late stage rather than inherited. Arguably related to steðja (“to stop”) and thus from Proto-Germanic *stadiz. More likely related to stav (“staff; rod”), and thus from Proto-Germanic *stabaz.
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.