"älska" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

IPA: /ˈɛlˌska/ Audio: Sv-älska.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish ælska, from Old Norse ælska (Compare Old West Norse elska). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|ælska}} Old Swedish ælska, {{inh|sv|non|ælska}} Old Norse ælska, {{cog|non-own|elska}} Old West Norse elska, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*aliskōną||to care for, cultivate, cherish}} Proto-Germanic *aliskōną (“to care for, cultivate, cherish”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|älskar|preterite|älskade|supine|älskat|imperative|älska|head=}} älska (present älskar, preterite älskade, supine älskat, imperative älska) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: älskar [present], älskade [preterite], älskat [supine], älska [imperative], weak [table-tags], älska [active, infinitive], älskas [infinitive, passive], älskat [active, supine], älskats [passive, supine], älska [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], älsken [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], älskar [active, indicative, present], älskade [active, indicative, past], älskas [indicative, passive, present], älskades [indicative, passive, past], älska [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], älskade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], älskas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], älskades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], älske [active, dated, present, subjunctive], älskade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], älskes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], älskades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], älskande [participle, present], älskad [participle, past]
  1. (usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) to love (romantically or otherwise – same tone as in English) Tags: intransitive, sometimes, transitive, usually
    Sense id: en-älska-sv-verb-GQEywUXe Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 24 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 74 26
  2. (intransitive) to make love Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Love
    Sense id: en-älska-sv-verb-GKqO0GyG Disambiguation of Love: 20 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: förälska, förälskad, förälskelse, älskad, älskare, älskarinna, älsklig, älskling, älskvärd Coordinate_terms: kär, kärlek (english: love; see there for derivatives)

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "kär"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "love; see there for derivatives",
      "word": "kärlek"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "förälska"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "förälskad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "förälskelse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "älskad"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "älskare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "älskarinna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "älsklig"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "älskling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "älskvärd"
    }
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      "form": "älskar",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älska",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
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      "form": "älska",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "älskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskat",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "älskats",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älsken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "älska",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älske",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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        }
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        {
          "english": "I love you",
          "text": "Jag älskar dig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I love my children",
          "text": "Jag älskar mina barn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I love their new kebab sauce",
          "text": "Jag älskar deras nya kebabsås",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name. Once he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose was made of yarn. Yes, he was my best friend when I was a little child.",
          "ref": "1969, Lasse Berghagen (lyrics and music), “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the teddy bear]”:",
          "text": "Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, så hette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän när jag var ett litet barn.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Love me. I don't want conflicts. Love me. I want to be good at things. Love me. Me and me and no one else. Love me. Give me love.",
          "ref": "1994, “Älska mig [Love me]”, in Sanningens morgon [The morning of truth], performed by Köttgrottorna:",
          "text": "Älska mig. Jag vill inte ha konflikter. Älska mig. Jag vill vara duktig. Älska mig. Mig och mig och ingen annan. Älska mig. Ge mig kärlek.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is a richness to get to love and to be loved.",
          "ref": "1995, Peter Grönvall, Maria Rådsten, Nanne Grönvall (lyrics and music), “Det vackraste [The most beautiful thing [\"thing\" from being nominalized]]”performed by Cecilia Vennersten:",
          "text": "Det är en rikedom att få älska och att älskas.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "to love (romantically or otherwise – same tone as in English)"
      ],
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        [
          "love",
          "love"
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        "(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) to love (romantically or otherwise – same tone as in English)"
      ],
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        "intransitive",
        "sometimes",
        "transitive",
        "usually"
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            "Virtue",
            "Mind",
            "Ethics",
            "Human",
            "Philosophy",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        {
          "english": "They made love to each other",
          "text": "De älskade med varandra",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They made love in the hayloft",
          "text": "De älskade uppe på höskullen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to make love"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to make love"
      ],
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        "intransitive"
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛlˌska/"
    },
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      "audio": "Sv-älska.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sv-%C3%A4lska.ogg/Sv-%C3%A4lska.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Sv-%C3%A4lska.ogg"
    }
  ],
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    "Pages with entries",
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    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
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    "Swedish weak verbs",
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  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "kär"
    },
    {
      "english": "love; see there for derivatives",
      "word": "kärlek"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "förälska"
    },
    {
      "word": "förälskad"
    },
    {
      "word": "förälskelse"
    },
    {
      "word": "älskad"
    },
    {
      "word": "älskare"
    },
    {
      "word": "älskarinna"
    },
    {
      "word": "älsklig"
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    {
      "word": "älskling"
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      "word": "älskvärd"
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        "present"
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    {
      "form": "älskade",
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        "preterite"
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      "form": "älskat",
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        "supine"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "älska",
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        "imperative"
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        "table-tags"
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        "active",
        "infinitive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskats",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älska",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
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        "imperative",
        "passive"
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    },
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        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "-",
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        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "passive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älska",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskade",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    {
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "älske",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "älskad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "Swedish transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "I love you",
          "text": "Jag älskar dig",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I love my children",
          "text": "Jag älskar mina barn",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I love their new kebab sauce",
          "text": "Jag älskar deras nya kebabsås",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Fredriksson the teddy bear, yes, that was his name. Once he was just mine, and we loved each other. Fredriksson the teddy bear, his nose was made of yarn. Yes, he was my best friend when I was a little child.",
          "ref": "1969, Lasse Berghagen (lyrics and music), “Teddybjörnen Fredriksson [Fredriksson the teddy bear]”:",
          "text": "Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, ja, så hette han. En gång var han bara min, och vi älskade varann. Teddybjörnen Fredriksson, hans nos den var av garn. Ja, han var min bästa vän när jag var ett litet barn.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Love me. I don't want conflicts. Love me. I want to be good at things. Love me. Me and me and no one else. Love me. Give me love.",
          "ref": "1994, “Älska mig [Love me]”, in Sanningens morgon [The morning of truth], performed by Köttgrottorna:",
          "text": "Älska mig. Jag vill inte ha konflikter. Älska mig. Jag vill vara duktig. Älska mig. Mig och mig och ingen annan. Älska mig. Ge mig kärlek.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "It is a richness to get to love and to be loved.",
          "ref": "1995, Peter Grönvall, Maria Rådsten, Nanne Grönvall (lyrics and music), “Det vackraste [The most beautiful thing [\"thing\" from being nominalized]]”performed by Cecilia Vennersten:",
          "text": "Det är en rikedom att få älska och att älskas.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to love (romantically or otherwise – same tone as in English)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "love",
          "love"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(usually transitive, sometimes intransitive) to love (romantically or otherwise – same tone as in English)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "sometimes",
        "transitive",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish intransitive verbs",
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "They made love to each other",
          "text": "De älskade med varandra",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "They made love in the hayloft",
          "text": "De älskade uppe på höskullen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make love"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "make love",
          "make love"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to make love"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɛlˌska/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-älska.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d2/Sv-%C3%A4lska.ogg/Sv-%C3%A4lska.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Sv-%C3%A4lska.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "älska"
}

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