"spä" meaning in Swedish

See spä in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Apocopic form of späda, from Old Swedish spædhia. Etymology templates: {{apocopic form|sv|späda}} Apocopic form of späda, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|spædhia}} Old Swedish spædhia Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|spär|preterite|spädde|supine|spätt|imperative|spä|head=}} spä (present spär, preterite spädde, supine spätt, imperative spä), {{sv-verb-reg|spä|r|dde}} spä (present spär, preterite spädde, supine spätt, imperative spä) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|end=vw|prepart=spädande}}, {{sv-conj-wk|späd|head=späda|sup=spätt}} Forms: spär [present], spädde [preterite], spätt [supine], spä [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], spä [active, infinitive], späs [infinitive, passive], spätt [active, supine], spätts [passive, supine], spä [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], spän [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], spär [active, indicative, present], spädde [active, indicative, past], späs [indicative, passive, present], späddes [indicative, passive, past], spä [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], spädde [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], späs [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], späddes [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], spä [active, dated, present, subjunctive], spädde [active, dated, past, subjunctive], späs [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], späddes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], spädande [active, participle, past, present], spädd [active, participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], späda [active, infinitive], spädas [infinitive, passive], spätt [active, supine], spätts [passive, supine], späd [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], späden [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], späder [active, indicative, present], spädde [active, indicative, past], späds [indicative, passive, present], spädes [indicative, passive, present], späddes [indicative, passive, past], späda [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], spädde [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], spädas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], späddes [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], späde [active, dated, present, subjunctive], spädde [active, dated, past, subjunctive], spädes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], späddes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], spädande [active, participle, past, present], spädd [active, participle, past], späda [alternative]
  1. (optionally followed by ut (“out”)) to dilute (add a fluid (often water) to another fluid to make it less strong) Related terms: spä på
    Sense id: en-spä-sv-verb-oM0hZ1oX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "späda"
      },
      "expansion": "Apocopic form of späda",
      "name": "apocopic form"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gmq-osw",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Apocopic form of späda, from Old Swedish spædhia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "spär",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spän",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spär",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späder",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späds",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "spä",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "spär",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "spädde",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "spätt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spä (present spär, preterite spädde, supine spätt, imperative spä)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spä",
        "2": "r",
        "3": "dde"
      },
      "expansion": "spä (present spär, preterite spädde, supine spätt, imperative spä)",
      "name": "sv-verb-reg"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "end": "vw",
        "prepart": "spädande"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "späd",
        "head": "späda",
        "sup": "spätt"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dilute (add a fluid (often water) to another fluid to make it less strong)"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ut",
          "ut#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "dilute",
          "dilute"
        ]
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        "(optionally followed by ut (“out”)) to dilute (add a fluid (often water) to another fluid to make it less strong)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "spä på"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spä"
}
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      },
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        "preterite"
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    },
    {
      "form": "spätt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
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        "imperative"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spän",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spär",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spä",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spätts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späder",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späds",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späda",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späddes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "spädd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "späda",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "spä",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "spär",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "spädde",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "spätt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "spä (present spär, preterite spädde, supine spätt, imperative spä)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "spä",
        "2": "r",
        "3": "dde"
      },
      "expansion": "spä (present spär, preterite spädde, supine spätt, imperative spä)",
      "name": "sv-verb-reg"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "end": "vw",
        "prepart": "spädande"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "späd",
        "head": "späda",
        "sup": "spätt"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "spä på"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish apocopic forms",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish verbs",
        "Swedish weak verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to dilute (add a fluid (often water) to another fluid to make it less strong)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ut",
          "ut#Swedish"
        ],
        [
          "dilute",
          "dilute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(optionally followed by ut (“out”)) to dilute (add a fluid (often water) to another fluid to make it less strong)"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "spä"
}

Download raw JSONL data for spä meaning in Swedish (6.2kB)

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: optionally followed by ut (“out”)",
  "path": [
    "spä"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "spä",
  "trace": ""
}

{
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: optionally followed by ut (“out”)",
  "path": [
    "spä"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "spä",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'imper. plural'",
  "path": [
    "spä"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "spä",
  "trace": ""
}

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

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'imper. plural'",
  "path": [
    "spä"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "spä",
  "trace": ""
}

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

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