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 | avliva |
| Present | avlivar |
| Past | avlivade |
| Imperative | avliva |
| Supine | avlivat |
Verbs conjugated like 'avliva'
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 'avliva'
avgiva,
avlida,
avlöva,
angiva,
anlita,
avbida,
avdriva,
avfila,
avfira,
avgivas,
Translations
destroy, to put down or euthanize (e.g. an animal)
kill, to put to death
Sample Sentences
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De fick avliva sin hund (They had to put down their dog)
-
att avliva en myt (to put an end to a myth)
Additional Information
avliva döda (vanligen djur; även bildligt "dementera")
[A avlivar x]
Engelsk översättning
put to death, destroy, put away
Exempel
hästen måste avlivas---the horse will have to be put down
avliva ett rykte---deny a rumour
Etymology
1. fsv. afliva; jfr d.
aflive, holl. aflijven, ä. t. ableiben, tr. References:
1
2. From Old Swedish afliva (also spelled as aflifva, earliest attested in 16th century). Equivalent to av- + liv + -a. Cognate of Norwegian Bokmål avlive, Danish aflive, Icelandic aflífa, Dutch aflijven. See: Norwegian '
avlive', Danish '
aflive', Icelandic '
aflífa', Dutch '
aflijven'.
Verbs referencing "avliva"
Dutch
aflijven, Norwegian
avlive, Danish
aflive.
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.