"styra" meaning in Swedish

See styra in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [ˈstŷːrä] Audio: Sv-styra.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish stȳra, from Old Norse stýra, from Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|styra|stȳra}} Old Swedish stȳra, {{inh|sv|non|stýra}} Old Norse stýra, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*stiurijaną}} Proto-Germanic *stiurijaną Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|styr|preterite|styrde|supine|styrt|imperative|styr|head=}} styra (present styr, preterite styrde, supine styrt, imperative styr), {{sv-verb-reg|styr||de}} styra (present styr, preterite styrde, supine styrt, imperative styr) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|styr|end=r}} Forms: styr [present], styrde [preterite], styrt [supine], styr [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], styra [active, infinitive], styras [infinitive, passive], styrt [active, supine], styrts [passive, supine], styr [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], styren [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], styr [active, indicative, present], styrde [active, indicative, past], styrs [indicative, passive, present], styres [indicative, passive, present], styrdes [indicative, passive, past], styra [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], styrde [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], styras [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], styrdes [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], styre [active, dated, present, subjunctive], styrde [active, dated, past, subjunctive], styres [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], styrdes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], styrande [active, participle, past, present], styrd [active, participle, past]
  1. govern, rule, control
    Sense id: en-styra-sv-verb-qtI6EWWl Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 16 38 46
  2. steer, navigate, direct
    Sense id: en-styra-sv-verb-OtHM29af Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 16 38 46
  3. (grammar) to govern; to require that a certain grammatical case, preposition etc. be used with a word
    Sense id: en-styra-sv-verb-F8fq2cfZ Categories (other): Grammar, Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 32 2 4 4 3 4 4 29 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 16 38 46 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avstyra, bestyra, omstyra, styrande, styre, styrelse, styrmedel, styrmekanism, styrning, styrsel, styrstång, utstyra

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "avstyra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "bestyra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "omstyra"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "styrande"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "styre"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "styrelse"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "styrmedel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "styrmekanism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "styrning"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "styrsel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "styrstång"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "utstyra"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "form": "styr",
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    },
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      "form": "styrde",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styrt",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styr",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "styrt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "styr",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styren",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "-",
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styrde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styrs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styres",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styrdes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive",
        "past"
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    },
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    },
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        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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        "7": "supine",
        "8": "styrt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
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    },
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        "1": "styr",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "16 38 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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              19,
              24
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              25,
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          "english": "This government has been ruling the country for the last three years.",
          "text": "Denna regering har styrt landet under de senaste tre åren.",
          "translation": "This government has been ruling the country for the last three years.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        [
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        [
          "control",
          "control"
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          ],
          "english": "He steered the car into the garage.",
          "text": "Han styrde bilen in i garaget.",
          "translation": "He steered the car into the garage.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              17,
              22
            ]
          ],
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              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I would like to steer the discussion towards your latest book.",
          "text": "Jag skulle vilja styra in diskussionen på din senaste bok.",
          "translation": "I would like to steer the discussion towards your latest book.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        [
          "steer",
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        [
          "navigate",
          "navigate"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
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          "grammatical case"
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        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) to govern; to require that a certain grammatical case, preposition etc. be used with a word"
      ],
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        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstŷːrä]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-styra.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Sv-styra.ogg"
    }
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  "word": "styra"
}
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    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish verbs",
    "Swedish weak verbs"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "avstyra"
    },
    {
      "word": "bestyra"
    },
    {
      "word": "omstyra"
    },
    {
      "word": "styrande"
    },
    {
      "word": "styre"
    },
    {
      "word": "styrelse"
    },
    {
      "word": "styrmedel"
    },
    {
      "word": "styrmekanism"
    },
    {
      "word": "styrning"
    },
    {
      "word": "styrsel"
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    {
      "word": "styrstång"
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    {
      "word": "utstyra"
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      "form": "styr",
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    },
    {
      "form": "styrde",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styrt",
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        "supine"
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    {
      "form": "styr",
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      "form": "styra",
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    },
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      "form": "styrt",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "styr",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "active",
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    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
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    },
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      "form": "styren",
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    },
    {
      "form": "styrde",
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        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styrs",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "styres",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "passive",
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
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    {
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        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
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    },
    {
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        "participle",
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          ],
          "english": "This government has been ruling the country for the last three years.",
          "text": "Denna regering har styrt landet under de senaste tre åren.",
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        }
      ],
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        "govern, rule, control"
      ],
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            [
              3,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "He steered the car into the garage.",
          "text": "Han styrde bilen in i garaget.",
          "translation": "He steered the car into the garage.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              17,
              22
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              16,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "english": "I would like to steer the discussion towards your latest book.",
          "text": "Jag skulle vilja styra in diskussionen på din senaste bok.",
          "translation": "I would like to steer the discussion towards your latest book.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "steer, navigate, direct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "steer",
          "steer"
        ],
        [
          "navigate",
          "navigate"
        ],
        [
          "direct",
          "direct"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "sv:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to govern; to require that a certain grammatical case, preposition etc. be used with a word"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "grammatical case",
          "grammatical case"
        ],
        [
          "preposition",
          "preposition"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(grammar) to govern; to require that a certain grammatical case, preposition etc. be used with a word"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈstŷːrä]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-styra.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/60/Sv-styra.ogg/Sv-styra.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/60/Sv-styra.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "styra"
}

Download raw JSONL data for styra meaning in Swedish (6.1kB)

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

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

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