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 | spritta |
| Present | sprittar |
| Past | sprittade |
| Imperative | spritta |
| Supine | sprittat |
Verbs conjugated like 'spritta'
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 'spritta'
Translations
startle, to excite by sudden alarm, surprise, or apprehension
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Han spratt till när monstret hoppade fram (He flinched when the monster jumped out)
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Det spritter i benen. Jag vill ut och springa. ("It's twitching in my legs" (My legs are tingling with energy). I want to go for a run.)
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Det spritter i dammen ("It's twitching in the pond" (There's lively fish in the pond))
Additional Information
Etymology
fsv. spritta, sv. dial. spritta; ombildning (gm påverkan av SPRINTA, v.
2, l. analogiskt efter sådana par av intr.: kausativa verb som LIGGA: LÄGGA, RINNA: RÄNNA) av det st. v. som föreligger i sv. dial. spretta, sprätta, spritta (jfr SPRÄTTA, v.
1), motsv. ä. d. sprette, fvn. spretta (nor. dial. spretta), biform (med assimilation av
-nt o. utvecklingen
i >
e (ä)) till SPRINTA, v.
2 — Jfr SPRITTANDE, SPRITTLA, SPRÄTTA, v.
1 References:
1 2Verbs referencing "spritta"
English
sprint, English
sprent.
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.