äkta
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Etymology
From older spelling ekta, from Middle Low German echt, from Proto-West Germanic *aiwahaft. Cognate with Icelandic ekta, Norwegian Nynorsk ekte and Danish ægte.
Pronunciation
Gotland: (file)
Adjective
äkta (comparative mer äkta, superlative mest äkta)
- genuine, authentic; not faked or counterfeit
- (intensifier) proper, pure, undiluted
- Det där var en äkta idioti!
- That was pure idiocy!
- Äkta hembakade kakor slår allt vad som finns i affärerna.
- Real home-made cookies beat everything there is in the shops.
- married
- Synonym: gift
- hennes äkta man ― her married husband
- ett äkta par ― a married couple
Declension
| Inflection of äkta | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | äkta | mer äkta | mest äkta |
| Neuter singular | äkta | mer äkta | mest äkta |
| Plural | äkta | mer äkta | mest äkta |
| Masculine plural3 | äkte | mer äkta | mest äkta |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | äkte | mer äkte | mest äkte |
| All | äkta | mer äkta | mest äkta |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||
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Verb
äkta (present äktar, preterite äktade, supine äktat, imperative äkta)
- (transitive) to marry
- Synonym: gifta
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | äkta | äktas | ||
| Supine | äktat | äktats | ||
| Imperative | äkta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | äkten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | äktar | äktade | äktas | äktades |
| Ind. plural1 | äkta | äktade | äktas | äktades |
| Subjunctive2 | äkte | äktade | äktes | äktades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | äktande | |||
| Past participle | äktad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of äkta (weak)
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References
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