äta

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Swedish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish æta, from Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɛːta/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛːta

Verb

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äta (present äter, preterite åt, supine ätit, imperative ät)

  1. to eat
    Synonym: (slang) käka
    Jag älskar att äta godis
    I love eating [to eat] candy
    Vad ska vi äta till middag?
    What should we have [eat] for dinner?
    Vi åt på en restaurang
    We ate at a restaurant
    Ska vi äta ute?
    Should we eat out?
    Har du ätit klart?
    Have you finished eating?
    att äta eller ätas
    to eat or be eaten
    Äta bör man annars dör man
    You should eat or you will die ["Eat ought one otherwise die one" – common rhyme]
    • 1868, Artur Hazelius, Fosterländsk läsning för barn och ungdom [Patriotic reading for children and young people]‎[1], Gåtor samlade af Rikhard Dybeck (Riddles collected by Richard Dybeck):
      Bättre än Gud,
      sämre än Skam;
      döder man äter det;
      om lefvande åte det,
      skulle han dö.
      Better than God,
      worse than Shame;
      dead man eats it
      if living ate it,
      he would die.

Conjugation

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See also

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