"minska" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Audio: Sv-minska.ogg
Etymology: From Old Norse *minska, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną. More at mince. Etymology templates: {{der|sv|non|*minska}} Old Norse *minska, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*minnisōną}} Proto-Germanic *minnisōną Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|minskar|preterite|minskade|supine|minskat|imperative|minska|head=}} minska (present minskar, preterite minskade, supine minskat, imperative minska), {{sv-verb-reg}} minska (present minskar, preterite minskade, supine minskat, imperative minska) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: minskar [present], minskade [preterite], minskat [supine], minska [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], minska [active, infinitive], minskas [infinitive, passive], minskat [active, supine], minskats [passive, supine], minska [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], minsken [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], minskar [active, indicative, present], minskade [active, indicative, past], minskas [indicative, passive, present], minskades [indicative, passive, past], minska [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], minskade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], minskas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], minskades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], minske [active, dated, present, subjunctive], minskade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], minskes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], minskades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], minskande [active, participle, past, present], minskad [active, participle, past]
  1. to reduce
    Sense id: en-minska-sv-verb-bXtE-0Wb Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 20 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 20 29
  2. to decrease
    Sense id: en-minska-sv-verb-I6hdJKqZ Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 25 20 29 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 25 20 29 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: förminska Related terms: mindre, minskning, minst

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "förminska"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "*minska"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse *minska",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*minnisōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *minnisōną",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse *minska, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną. More at mince.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minskar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minska",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minsken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minske",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "minska",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "minskar",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "minskade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "minskat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "minska (present minskar, preterite minskade, supine minskat, imperative minska)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "minska (present minskar, preterite minskade, supine minskat, imperative minska)",
      "name": "sv-verb-reg"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mindre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "minskning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "minst"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 20 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 20 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to reduce"
      ],
      "id": "en-minska-sv-verb-bXtE-0Wb",
      "links": [
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 20 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 25 20 29",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "42 58",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to decrease"
      ],
      "id": "en-minska-sv-verb-I6hdJKqZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "Sv-minska.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3b/Sv-minska.ogg/Sv-minska.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Sv-minska.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minska"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish verbs",
    "Swedish weak verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "förminska"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "non",
        "3": "*minska"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse *minska",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*minnisōną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *minnisōną",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Norse *minska, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną. More at mince.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "minskar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minska",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minsken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minska",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minske",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "minskad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "minska",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "minskar",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "minskade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "minskat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "minska (present minskar, preterite minskade, supine minskat, imperative minska)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "minska (present minskar, preterite minskade, supine minskat, imperative minska)",
      "name": "sv-verb-reg"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "mindre"
    },
    {
      "word": "minskning"
    },
    {
      "word": "minst"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to reduce"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reduce",
          "reduce"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to decrease"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decrease",
          "decrease"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Sv-minska.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "minska"
}

Download raw JSONL data for minska meaning in Swedish (4.0kB)

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
  "path": [
    "minska"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
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}

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