smälta
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Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish smælta, from Old Norse *smelta, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną.
Pronunciation
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Noun
smälta c
Declension
Declension of smälta
Derived terms
Verb
smälta (present smälter, preterite smälte or smalt, supine smält or smultit, imperative smält)
- (intransitive) thaw; melt; become fluid.
- Vinterns första snö brukar smälta så snart den når marken
- The first snow of the winter usually melts as soon as it meets the ground
- Glassen smälte/smalt i solen
- The ice cream melted in the sun
- (transitive) melt (the act of making something become fluid)
- Han smälte ner guldet
- He melted the gold
- (transitive) digest (food)
- smälta maten i lugn och ro
- digest one's food in peace
- (transitive, figuratively) process, digest (take in, mentally, and often come to terms with)
- Jag försöker fortfarande smälta nyheten
- I'm still trying to process the news
- Jag kommer nog behöva lite tid att smälta det här
- I will probably need some time to process this
- Det är svårt att smälta att han inte längre finns / att vi är i final
- It's hard to process that he's no longer here / that we're in the finals
- smälta intrycken från resan
- process the impressions from the trip
- eleverna behöver tid att smälta materialet
- [the] students need time to digest the material
Usage notes
The strong declension (smalt, smultit) can only be used in the intransitive sense, whereas the weak declension (smälte, smält) can be used for both first and second senses.
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | smälta | smältas | ||
| Supine | smält | smälts | ||
| Imperative | smält | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | smälten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | smälter | smälte | smälts, smältes | smältes |
| Ind. plural1 | smälta | smälte | smältas | smältes |
| Subjunctive2 | smälte | smälte | smältes | smältes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | smältande | |||
| Past participle | smält | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of smälta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | smälta | — | ||
| Supine | smultit | — | ||
| Imperative | smält | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | smälten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | smälter | smalt | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | smälta | smulto | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | smälte | smulte | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | smältande | |||
| Past participle | smulten | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of smälta (class 3 strong)
Derived terms
See also
References
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