röja
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Swedish rydhia, from Old Norse ryðja, from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną.
Pronunciation
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Verb
röja (present röjer, preterite röjde, supine röjt, imperative röj)
- (sometimes intransitively with upp) to remove (natural) obstacles, to clear
- De röjde mark för huset som skulle byggas
- They cleared land for the house that was to be built
- to (accidentally) reveal (secret) information, to betray
- Han röjde min hemlighet
- He betrayed my secret
- Jag råkade röja basens position
- I accidentally revealed the location of the base
- (colloquial) to party hard or engage in other intense (and possibly violent) activity
Usage notes
Sometimes ironically of cleaning very messy rooms and the like in (sense 1).
Conjugation
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | röja | röjas | ||
| Supine | röjt | röjts | ||
| Imperative | röj | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | röjen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | röjer | röjde | röjs, röjes | röjdes |
| Ind. plural1 | röja | röjde | röjas | röjdes |
| Subjunctive2 | röje | röjde | röjes | röjdes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | röjande | |||
| Past participle | röjd | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Conjugation of röja (weak)
Derived terms
- minröjare
- minröjning
- röjsåg (“brushcutter, clearing saw”)
- undanröja
- röja undan
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References
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