"stifta" meaning in Swedish

See stifta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: Inherited from Old Swedish stikta, from Middle Low German stichten, from Proto-West Germanic *stiftijan conflated with *stihtijan. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|stikta|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old Swedish stikta, {{inh+|sv|gmq-osw|stikta}} Inherited from Old Swedish stikta, {{der|sv|gml|stichten}} Middle Low German stichten, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*stiftijan}} Proto-West Germanic *stiftijan Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|stiftar|preterite|stiftade|supine|stiftat|imperative|stifta|head=}} stifta (present stiftar, preterite stiftade, supine stiftat, imperative stifta), {{sv-verb-reg}} stifta (present stiftar, preterite stiftade, supine stiftat, imperative stifta) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: stiftar [present], stiftade [preterite], stiftat [supine], stifta [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], stifta [active, infinitive], stiftas [infinitive, passive], stiftat [active, supine], stiftats [passive, supine], stifta [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], stiften [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], stiftar [active, indicative, present], stiftade [active, indicative, past], stiftas [indicative, passive, present], stiftades [indicative, passive, past], stifta [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], stiftade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], stiftas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], stiftades [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], stifte [active, dated, present, subjunctive], stiftade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], stiftes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], stiftades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], stiftande [active, participle, past, present], stiftad [active, participle, past]
  1. to (formally) create or establish
    Sense id: en-stifta-sv-verb-D3a5vvMj Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
  2. (idiomatic, in "stifta bekantskap med") to get acquainted with (someone, or figuratively something) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-stifta-sv-verb-aNjEtH80 Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: instifta, lagstifta Related terms: stift, stiftare, stiftelse, lagstiftning, lära känna (english: get to know)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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        "5": "",
        "g": "",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
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        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "inh"
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
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        "3": "stichten"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German stichten",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    {
      "form": "stiftar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stifta",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stifta",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stifta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiften",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stifta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "stifte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "stiftes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftades",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftad",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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    }
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stiftare"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "stiftelse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lagstiftning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "get to know",
      "translation": "get to know",
      "word": "lära känna"
    }
  ],
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        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to make laws",
          "text": "att stifta lagar",
          "translation": "to make laws",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to (formally) create or establish"
      ],
      "id": "en-stifta-sv-verb-D3a5vvMj",
      "links": [
        [
          "create",
          "create"
        ],
        [
          "establish",
          "establish"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to get acquainted with (someone, or figuratively something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-stifta-sv-verb-aNjEtH80",
      "links": [
        [
          "acquainted",
          "acquainted"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, in \"stifta bekantskap med\") to get acquainted with (someone, or figuratively something)"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in \"stifta bekantskap med\""
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "stifta"
}
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish verbs",
    "Swedish weak verbs"
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    {
      "word": "instifta"
    },
    {
      "word": "lagstifta"
    }
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      },
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      "form": "stiftar",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stifta",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stifta",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
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    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "infinitive",
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "stiftat",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "stiftats",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stifta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiften",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftades",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
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    },
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        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftande",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stiftad",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
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      "word": "stiftare"
    },
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      "word": "stiftelse"
    },
    {
      "word": "lagstiftning"
    },
    {
      "english": "get to know",
      "translation": "get to know",
      "word": "lära känna"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
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            [
              3,
              7
            ]
          ],
          "english": "to make laws",
          "text": "att stifta lagar",
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        "to (formally) create or establish"
      ],
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      "glosses": [
        "to get acquainted with (someone, or figuratively something)"
      ],
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        [
          "acquainted",
          "acquainted"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, in \"stifta bekantskap med\") to get acquainted with (someone, or figuratively something)"
      ],
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        "in \"stifta bekantskap med\""
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      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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