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 | tigga |
| Present | tiggar |
| Past | tiggade |
| Imperative | tigga |
| Supine | tiggat |
Verbs conjugated like 'tigga'
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 'tigga'
digga,
gigga,
ligga,
pigga,
rigga,
sigga,
tagga,
tiga,
tinga,
trigga,
Translations
beg, to request the help of someone, often in the form of money
panhandle, beg for money
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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en tiggare som sitter på gatan och tigger (pengar) (a beggar who sits on the street and begs (for money))
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försörja sig genom att tigga (make a living by begging)
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På en vecka lyckades hon bara tigga ihop 500 kronor (In a week, she only managed to earn 500 kronor through begging [only managed to beg together 500 kronor])
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tigga om några dagar ledigt (beg for a few days off)
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tigga till sig en cigarett (scrounge [beg to oneself] a cigarette)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. þiggia, þigia (ipf. thigde, äldre þā), få, utbedja sig, sv. dial. tigga, tiggja; jfr fd. o. dan.
tigge, nor.
tigge, fvn. þiggja, taga emot, få; till en germ. stam som äv. föreligger i fsax.
thiggian, mottaga, få, fht. dikkan, thiggen, digen, utbedja sig, bönfalla, mht. digen, feng. þicgan, mottaga, taga (föda); av ovisst ursprung. — Jfr TIGGARE, TIGGERI References:
1
2. From Old Swedish þiggia, from Old Norse þiggja (“to receive”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną. See: Old Swedish '
þiggia', Proto-Germanic '
*þigjaną'.
Verbs referencing "tigga"
English
thig, Old English
þicgan.
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.