flaxa – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of flaxa

Modern Swedish

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

Infinitiveflaxa
Presentflaxar
Pastflaxade
Imperativeflaxa
Supineflaxat

Translations

  • flutter, to flap the wings without flying
  • Synonyms & Antonyms

    Sample Sentences

    • Kråkan flaxade med vingarna (The crow was flapping its wings)
    • Flaggorna flaxade i den hårda vinden (The flags flapped in the strong wind)

    Additional Information

    Etymology

    1. iterativbildning på s till roten i FLACKA, v.1 References: 1 2
    2. Likely a variant of flacka. Compare fläkta.

    Verbs referencing "flaxa"

    English flack, Norwegian, nynorsk flaksa.

    Cognates

    -

    Swedish AD ~1900

    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.

    Gerund: flaxande

    Indicative

    Present

    jagflaxar
    duflaxar
    han;honflaxar
    viflaxa
    niflaxa
    deflaxa

    Perfect

    jaghar flaxat
    duhar flaxat
    han;honhar flaxat
    viha flaxat
    niha flaxat
    deha flaxat

    Past

    jagflaxade
    duflaxade
    han;honflaxade
    viflaxade
    niflaxade
    deflaxade

    Pluperfect

    jaghade flaxat
    duhade flaxat
    han;honhade flaxat
    vihade flaxat
    nihade flaxat
    dehade flaxat

    Future

    jagskulle flaxa
    duskulle flaxa
    han;honskulle flaxa
    viskola flaxa
    niskola flaxa
    deskola flaxa

    Future Perfect

    jagskulle ha(va) flaxat
    duskulle ha(va) flaxat
    han;honskulle ha(va) flaxat
    viskola ha(va) flaxat
    niskola ha(va) flaxat
    deskola ha(va) flaxat

    Conjunctive

    Present

    jagmå flaxa
    dumå flaxa
    han;honmå flaxa
    vimå flaxa
    nimå flaxa
    demå flaxa

    Perfect

    jagmå ha(va) flaxat
    dumå ha(va) flaxat
    han;honmå ha(va) flaxat
    vimå ha(va) flaxat
    nimå ha(va) flaxat
    demå ha(va) flaxat

    Past

    jagskulle flaxa
    duskulle flaxa
    han;honskulle flaxa
    viskulle flaxa
    niskulle flaxa
    deskulle flaxa

    Pluperfect

    jagskulle ha(va) flaxat
    duskulle ha(va) flaxat
    han;honskulle ha(va) flaxat
    viskulle ha(va) flaxat
    niskulle ha(va) flaxat
    deskulle ha(va) flaxat

    Conditional

    Present

    jagskulle flaxa
    duskulle flaxa
    han;honskulle flaxa
    viskulle flaxa
    niskulle flaxa
    deskulle flaxa

    Perfect

    jagskulle ha(va) flaxat
    duskulle ha(va) flaxat
    han;honskulle ha(va) flaxat
    viskulle ha(va) flaxat
    niskulle ha(va) flaxat
    deskulle ha(va) flaxat

    Imperative

    duflaxa
    viLåt oss flaxa
    niflaxa

    Swedish Dialects of Finland

    Examples in Swedish Dialects in Finland

    flaxa (v.I)
    fḷaks (Kronoby ÖB, Esse ÖB, Jeppo ÖB, Munsala ÖB, Vörå ÖB, Malax ÖB, Närpes ÖB, Lappfjärd ÖB, Nagu ÅB), fḷaksa (Geta ÅL, Saltvik ÅL, Vårdö ÅL, Kumlinge ÅL), flaks(a) (Tenala NL, Snappertuna NL, Ingå NL, Kyrkslätt NL, Sibbo NL, Liljendal NL)
    .
    Examples
    • han far o flaksar o flaŋkkar (Tenala NL)
    • hɷn fḷaksar på: alla ställän (:överallt) (Vårdö ÅL)
    • kvinnfåḷtje skåda å:p åss å tå börja vi å fḷaks fe tåm tiba:k (Lappfjärd ÖB)