"dofta" meaning in Swedish

See dofta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: doft (“scent”) + -a Etymology templates: {{suffix|sv|doft|a|t1=scent}} doft (“scent”) + -a Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|doftar|preterite|doftade|supine|doftat|imperative|dofta|head=}} dofta (present doftar, preterite doftade, supine doftat, imperative dofta), {{sv-verb-reg}} dofta (present doftar, preterite doftade, supine doftat, imperative dofta) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nop=1|nopp=1}} Forms: doftar [present], doftade [preterite], doftat [supine], dofta [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], dofta [active, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive], doftat [active, supine], - [passive, supine], dofta [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], doften [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], doftar [active, indicative, present], doftade [active, indicative, past], - [indicative, passive, present], - [indicative, passive, past], dofta [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], doftade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], dofte [active, dated, present, subjunctive], doftade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], doftande [active, participle, past, present], - [active, participle, past]
  1. to smell (usually (of something with) a pleasant scent)
    Sense id: en-dofta-sv-verb-vIxYjyjD Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 34 35 32 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 33 34 33
  2. to smell (usually something with a pleasant scent)
    Sense id: en-dofta-sv-verb-N0sKwY9G Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 34 35 32 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 33 34 33
  3. to sprinkle (something over a pastry or the like)
    Sense id: en-dofta-sv-verb-N6CX7WUK Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish terms suffixed with -a Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 33 33 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 34 35 32 Disambiguation of Swedish terms suffixed with -a: 33 34 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: väldoftande Related terms: lukta (english: smell)

Inflected forms

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          "english": "The forest smells of spring",
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          "english": "sprinkle with powdered sugar",
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        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
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          "english": "sprinkle with powdered sugar",
          "text": "dofta med florsocker",
          "translation": "sprinkle with powdered sugar",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sprinkle (something over a pastry or the like)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sprinkle",
          "sprinkle"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dofta"
}

Download raw JSONL data for dofta meaning in Swedish (5.6kB)

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'imper. plural'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "dofta",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
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  ],
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  "subsection": "verb",
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}

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