fösa
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown.
Verb
[edit]fösa (present föser, preterite föste, supine föst, imperative fös)
- to push (usually to make a continuous, transporting push; fösa undan = push aside, push out of the way)
- (university slang) to "foster" new fellow students into the appropriate "students' guild"
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of fösa (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | fösa | fösas | ||
| Supine | föst | fösts | ||
| Imperative | fös | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | fösen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | föser | föste | föses | föstes |
| Ind. plural1 | fösa | föste | fösas | föstes |
| Subjunctive2 | föse | föste | föses | föstes |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | fösande | |||
| Past participle | föst | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Derived terms
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[edit]See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- fösa in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
- fösa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)