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 | gnaga |
| Present | gnagar |
| Past | gnagade |
| Imperative | gnaga |
| Supine | gnagat |
Verbs conjugated like 'gnaga'
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 'gnaga'
gnata,
gnava,
aga,
ånga,
angnaga,
antaga,
åtaga,
avgnaga,
blaga,
daga,
Translations
eat, colloquial: cause to worry
gnaw, to bite something persistently
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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gnaga på ett ben (gnaw on a bone)
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gnagande tvivel (nagging doubts)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. gnagha (ipf. gnogh, pl. 3 pers. gnogho, äv. gnovo), motsv. d.
gnave, nor. gnaga, isl. gnaga (pret. gnóg o. gnagaði), fht. gnagan, feng. gnaȝan, eng. gnaw, av en germ. stam gnaȝ-, med sidoformer naȝ-, knaȝ- i isl. naga, t.
nagen (jfr NAGGA) resp. fsax. knagan, holl. knagen.
Anm. Formen
gnava torde (där den icke förskriver sig från trakter med allmän övergång gh > ṷ, v efter a, o, u) vara uppkommen gm påvärkan från SKAVA, delvis äv. gm påvärkan från det i fsv. tid i vissa trakter ljudlagsenligt utvecklade ipf.
gnov(o) References:
1
2. From Old Swedish gnagha, from Old Norse gnaga, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą. See: Old Swedish '
gnagha', Proto-Germanic '
*gnaganą'.
Verbs referencing "gnaga"
English
gnaw, Danish
gnave.
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.