dreja
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Swedish
Etymology
From Middle Low German dreien, from Old Saxon thrāian, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan, from Proto-Germanic *þrēaną.
Verb
dreja (present drejar, preterite drejade, supine drejat, imperative dreja)
- to throw (form clay into objects with the help of a potter's wheel)
- 2000 December 18, “Salomos vishet 15:7”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 2025-03-05:
- 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.
- 2015 December 19, Per Stahre, “Ännu ingen plats för Hertha Hillfons konst”, in Sveriges Radio, archived from the original on 2025-03-05:
- Efter att hon bakade bröd så drejade hon en skål.
- After she baked bread, she threw a bowl.
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | dreja | drejas | ||
| supine | drejat | drejats | ||
| imperative | dreja | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | drejen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | drejar | drejade | drejas | drejades |
| ind. plural1 | dreja | drejade | drejas | drejades |
| subjunctive2 | dreje | drejade | drejes | drejades |
| present participle | drejande | |||
| past participle | drejad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
References
- dreja in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- dreja in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
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