"sväva" meaning in Swedish

See sväva in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: Sv-sväva.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish svæva‚ likely borrowed from Middle Low German swēven, from Old Saxon *swivian, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną. Doublet of sviva. Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|svæva}} Old Swedish svæva, {{der|sv|gml|swēven}} Middle Low German swēven, {{der|sv|osx|*swivian}} Old Saxon *swivian, {{der|sv|gem-pro|*swibāną}} Proto-Germanic *swibāną, {{doublet|sv|sviva}} Doublet of sviva Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|svävar|preterite|svävade|supine|svävat|imperative|sväva|head=}} sväva (present svävar, preterite svävade, supine svävat, imperative sväva) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|nop=1|nopp=1}} Forms: svävar [present], svävade [preterite], svävat [supine], sväva [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], sväva [active, infinitive], - [infinitive, passive], svävat [active, supine], - [passive, supine], sväva [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], sväven [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], svävar [active, indicative, present], svävade [active, indicative, past], - [indicative, passive, present], - [indicative, passive, past], sväva [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], svävade [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], sväve [active, dated, present, subjunctive], svävade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], - [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], svävande [active, participle, past, present], - [active, participle, past], sväfva [alternative]
  1. to float (in the air), to hover, to soar Related terms: svävare
    Sense id: en-sväva-sv-verb-Jk7tFPOP 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": "gmq-osw",
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gml",
        "3": "swēven"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Low German swēven",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "osx",
        "3": "*swivian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon *swivian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*swibāną"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *swibāną",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sviva"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of sviva",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish svæva‚ likely borrowed from Middle Low German swēven, from Old Saxon *swivian, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną. Doublet of sviva.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "svävar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväva",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväva",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväfva",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "10": "sväva",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "present",
        "4": "svävar",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "svävade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "svävat",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "sväva (present svävar, preterite svävade, supine svävat, imperative sväva)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "nop": "1",
        "nopp": "1"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "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": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to float (in the air), to hover, to soar"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "float",
          "float"
        ],
        [
          "hover",
          "hover"
        ],
        [
          "soar",
          "soar"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "svävare"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Sv-sv%C3%A4va.ogg"
    }
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      },
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    },
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    },
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    }
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      "form": "svävar",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävade",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävat",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväva",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "sväva",
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      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "supine"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "sväven",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävar",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväve",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävade",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "svävande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sväfva",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "3": "present",
        "4": "svävar",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "svävade",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "svävat",
        "9": "imperative",
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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    }
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Swedish doublets",
        "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Swedish lemmas",
        "Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
        "Swedish verbs",
        "Swedish weak verbs"
      ],
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      ],
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        ],
        [
          "hover",
          "hover"
        ],
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          "soar",
          "soar"
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  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "sväva"
}

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

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  ],
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  "title": "sväva",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
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