"kvittra" meaning in Swedish

See kvittra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From Old Swedish qvitra. Compare Danish kvidre, German zwitschern. Arguably from Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|qvitra}} Old Swedish qvitra, {{cog|da|kvidre}} Danish kvidre, {{cog|de|zwitschern}} German zwitschern, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*twitwizōną}} Proto-Germanic *twitwizōną Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|kvittrar|preterite|kvittrade|supine|kvittrat|imperative|kvittra|head=}} kvittra (present kvittrar, preterite kvittrade, supine kvittrat, imperative kvittra), {{sv-verb-reg}} kvittra (present kvittrar, preterite kvittrade, supine kvittrat, imperative kvittra) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nopp=1}} Forms: kvittrar [present], kvittrade [preterite], kvittrat [supine], kvittra [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], kvittra [active, infinitive], kvittras [infinitive, passive], kvittrat [active, supine], kvittrats [passive, supine], kvittra [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], kvittren [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], kvittrar [active, indicative, present], kvittrade [active, indicative, past], kvittras [indicative, passive, present], kvittrades [indicative, passive, past], kvittra [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], kvittrade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], kvittras [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], kvittrades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], kvittre [active, dated, present, subjunctive], kvittrade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], kvittres [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], kvittrades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], kvittrande [active, participle, past, present], - [active, participle, past]
  1. to twitter (make high-pitched vocalizations typical of (smaller) birds)
    Sense id: en-kvittra-sv-verb-Ad2yTKcO Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Animal sounds Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 55 45
  2. (figurative) to speak in a high-pitched (and cheerful) voice Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-kvittra-sv-verb-EgGnEl0~ Categories (other): Animal sounds Disambiguation of Animal sounds: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: kvitter, kviddevitt, kvitt

Inflected forms

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        "(figurative) to speak in a high-pitched (and cheerful) voice"
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