"vässa" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

Etymology: From Old Swedish hvæssa, from Old Norse hvessa, from Proto-Germanic *hwassijaną. Also see vass (“sharp”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|hvæssa}} Old Swedish hvæssa, {{inh|sv|non|hvessa}} Old Norse hvessa, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*hwassijaną}} Proto-Germanic *hwassijaną, {{m|sv|vass|t=sharp}} vass (“sharp”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|vässar|preterite|vässade|supine|vässat|imperative|vässa|head=}} vässa (present vässar, preterite vässade, supine vässat, imperative vässa) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk}} Forms: vässar [present], vässade [preterite], vässat [supine], vässa [imperative], weak [table-tags], vässa [active, infinitive], vässas [infinitive, passive], vässat [active, supine], vässats [passive, supine], vässa [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], vässen [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], vässar [active, indicative, present], vässade [active, indicative, past], vässas [indicative, passive, present], vässades [indicative, passive, past], vässa [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], vässade [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], vässas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], vässades [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], vässe [active, dated, present, subjunctive], vässade [active, dated, past, subjunctive], vässes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], vässades [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], vässande [participle, present], vässad [participle, past]
  1. to sharpen; to make sharp (as in, to be able to cut or pierce easily; or about an argument: to be able to convince easily) Synonyms: skärpa Related terms: vass
    Sense id: en-vässa-sv-verb-NRODqOea Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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