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 | sprida |
| Present | sprider |
| Past | spred; spridde |
| Imperative | sprid |
| Supine | spridit; spritt |
Verbs conjugated like 'sprida'
angripa,
anrida,
anstiga,
avdriva,
avglida,
avgnida,
avknipa,
avlida,
avrida,
avskrida,
avskriva,
avslita,
avstiga,
avsvida,
avvrida,
bakvrida,
bedriva,
begripa,
beknipa,
bekvida, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'sprida'
skrida,
sprada,
spreda,
sprita,
spröda,
spryda,
strida,
anrida,
avrida,
berida,
Translations
disseminate, transitive: to sow and scatter principles, etc. for propagation, like seed
propagate, to cause to spread to extend
propagate, to spread from person to person
scatter, to cause to separate
scatter, physics: to deflect
scatter, to occur at intervals
spread, to stretch out, expand
spread, to extend, stretch out (limbs etc)
spread, to disperse, scatter
spread, to smear, distribute in a thin layer
spread, (transitive) to disseminate, make known or present
spread, (intransitive) to take up a larger area, expand
Sample Sentences
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-Stopp. -Gör det inte. Jag blåser ut datorhjärnan på den så att den sprids över hela golvet.
(The Naked Gun)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. spridha (i ssgrna bespridha, utspridha); sannol. ombildning av SPREDA, möjl. med utgångspunkt i en fonetisk utveckling av
e till
i i p. pf.
spredd o. sup.
sprett (jfr sv. dial. svittas ’svettas’, frista ’fresta’) l. gm påverkan från SPRITA, v.
3 References:
1
2. From Old Swedish spridha, probably the same word as spredha, from Middle Low German sprēden, spreiden, from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”). Cognate with English spread and German spreiten. Due to the absence of this word in Old Icelandic, the Swedish word as well as Danish sprede, Norwegian Bokmål spre, and Norwegian Nynorsk spreie are probably borrowed from Low German. See: Proto-Germanic '
*spraidijaną', English '
spread', German, old spelling '
spreiten', Danish '
sprede', Norwegian '
spre', Norwegian, nynorsk '
spreie'.
Verbs referencing "sprida"
English
spread, Danish
sprede, Alemannic German
spräite.
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.