"ägna" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Audio: Sv-ägna.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse eigna, related to eiginn. Related to äga (“to own”) and egen (“(one's) own”). Also compare German eignen, English own. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|eigna}} Old Norse eigna, {{m|non|eiginn}} eiginn, {{m|sv|äga||to own}} äga (“to own”), {{m|sv|egen||(one's) own}} egen (“(one's) own”), {{cog|de|eignen}} German eignen, {{cog|en|own}} English own Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|ägnar|preterite|ägnade|supine|ägnat|imperative|ägna|head=}} ägna (present ägnar, preterite ägnade, supine ägnat, imperative ägna) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: ägnar [present], ägnade [preterite], ägnat [supine], ägna [imperative], weak [table-tags], ägna [active, infinitive], ägnas [infinitive, passive], ägnat [active, supine], ägnats [passive, supine], ägna [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], ägnen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], ägnar [active, indicative, present], ägnade [active, indicative, past], ägnas [indicative, passive, present], ägnades [indicative, passive, past], ägna [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], ägnade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], ägnas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], ägnades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], ägne [active, dated, present, subjunctive], ägnade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], ägnes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], ägnades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], ägnande [participle, present], ägnad [participle, past]
  1. to devote, to spend (one's time or resources to a goal)
    Sense id: en-ägna-sv-verb-RxNw1SyW Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 97 3
  2. to suit (a purpose)
    Sense id: en-ägna-sv-verb-8VpQ6oZ6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tillägna

Inflected forms

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