"motsäga" meaning in Swedish

See motsäga in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: mot (“against”) + säga (“say”) Etymology templates: {{af|sv|mot|säga|t1=against|t2=say}} mot (“against”) + säga (“say”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|motsäger|preterite|motsade|supine|motsagt|imperative|motsäg|head=motsäga}} motsäga (present motsäger, preterite motsade, supine motsagt, imperative motsäg) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|motsäg|motsag|past=motsade}} Forms: motsäger [present], motsade [preterite], motsagt [supine], motsäg [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], motsäga [active, infinitive], motsägas [infinitive, passive], motsagt [active, supine], motsagts [passive, supine], motsäg [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], motsägen [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], motsäger [active, indicative, present], motsade [active, indicative, past], motsägs [indicative, passive, present], motsäges [indicative, passive, present], motsades [indicative, passive, past], motsäga [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], motsade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], motsägas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], motsades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], motsäge [active, dated, present, subjunctive], motsade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], motsäges [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], motsades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], motsägande [active, participle, past, present], motsagd [active, participle, past], säga emot [alternative]
  1. to contradict (show to be false, contain contradicting information)
    Sense id: en-motsäga-sv-verb-S6rj2okr
  2. to contradict, to challenge (say something that goes against something said earlier)
    Sense id: en-motsäga-sv-verb-mhD1fhtR Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: motsägelse

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mot",
        "3": "säga",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "say"
      },
      "expansion": "mot (“against”) + säga (“say”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "mot (“against”) + säga (“say”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motsäger",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsagt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäg",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsagt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsagts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäger",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäges",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäges",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsagd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "säga emot",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "motsäg",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "motsäger",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "motsade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "motsagt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "motsäga"
      },
      "expansion": "motsäga (present motsäger, preterite motsade, supine motsagt, imperative motsäg)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "motsäg",
        "2": "motsag",
        "past": "motsade"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "motsägelse"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Att deras kebabsås inte är den krämigaste motsäger inte att den är godast\nThat their kebab sauce isn't the creamiest doesn't contradict that it's the tastiest",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contradict (show to be false, contain contradicting information)"
      ],
      "id": "en-motsäga-sv-verb-S6rj2okr",
      "links": [
        [
          "contradict",
          "contradict"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "10 90",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He couldn't stand being contradicted",
          "text": "Han tålde inte att bli motsagd",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contradict, to challenge (say something that goes against something said earlier)"
      ],
      "id": "en-motsäga-sv-verb-mhD1fhtR",
      "links": [
        [
          "contradict",
          "contradict"
        ],
        [
          "challenge",
          "challenge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "motsäga"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish compound terms",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms with redundant head parameter",
    "Swedish verbs",
    "Swedish weak verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "mot",
        "3": "säga",
        "t1": "against",
        "t2": "say"
      },
      "expansion": "mot (“against”) + säga (“say”)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "mot (“against”) + säga (“say”)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "motsäger",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsagt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäg",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsagt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsagts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäg",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäger",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäges",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäga",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsäges",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsägande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "motsagd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "säga emot",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "motsäg",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "motsäger",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "motsade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "motsagt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "motsäga"
      },
      "expansion": "motsäga (present motsäger, preterite motsade, supine motsagt, imperative motsäg)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "motsäg",
        "2": "motsag",
        "past": "motsade"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "motsägelse"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Att deras kebabsås inte är den krämigaste motsäger inte att den är godast\nThat their kebab sauce isn't the creamiest doesn't contradict that it's the tastiest",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contradict (show to be false, contain contradicting information)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contradict",
          "contradict"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "He couldn't stand being contradicted",
          "text": "Han tålde inte att bli motsagd",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to contradict, to challenge (say something that goes against something said earlier)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contradict",
          "contradict"
        ],
        [
          "challenge",
          "challenge"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "motsäga"
}

Download raw JSONL data for motsäga meaning in Swedish (4.3kB)

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    "motsäga"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "motsäga",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "verb",
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