"önsketänka" meaning in Swedish

See önsketänka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: önska + -e- + tänka, probably a back-formation from önsketänkande. Etymology templates: {{com|sv|önska|-e-|tänka}} önska + -e- + tänka, {{back-formation|sv|önsketänkande|nocap=1}} back-formation from önsketänkande Head templates: {{head|sv|verbs|present|önsketänker|preterite|önsketänkte|supine|önsketänkt|imperative|önsketänk|head=}} önsketänka (present önsketänker, preterite önsketänkte, supine önsketänkt, imperative önsketänk) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-wk|önsketänk|end=vl}} Forms: önsketänker [present], önsketänkte [preterite], önsketänkt [supine], önsketänk [imperative], no-table-tags [table-tags], önsketänka [active, infinitive], önsketänkas [infinitive, passive], önsketänkt [active, supine], önsketänkts [passive, supine], önsketänk [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], önsketänken [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form], - [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive], önsketänker [active, indicative, present], önsketänkte [active, indicative, past], önsketänks [indicative, passive, present], önsketänkes [indicative, passive, present], önsketänktes [indicative, passive, past], önsketänka [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present], önsketänkte [active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past], önsketänkas [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present], önsketänktes [archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past], önsketänke [active, dated, present, subjunctive], önsketänkte [active, dated, past, subjunctive], önsketänkes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], önsketänktes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], önsketänkande [active, participle, past, present], önsketänkt [active, participle, past]
  1. to think wishfully, to engage in wishful thinking

Inflected forms

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      "form": "önsketänker",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkte",
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        "preterite"
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    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänk",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "önsketänkts",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänks",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkes",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "10": "önsketänk",
        "2": "verbs",
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        "4": "önsketänker",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "önsketänkte",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "önsketänkt",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "önsketänka (present önsketänker, preterite önsketänkte, supine önsketänkt, imperative önsketänk)",
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    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "önsketänk",
        "end": "vl"
      },
      "name": "sv-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish terms interfixed with -e-",
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        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "In the theoretical part of the training in San Diego, there had been a large number of comical examples of this, which in company slang is known as the Bay of Pigs syndrome (President Kennedy's utterly failed Bay of Pigs invasion is explained by the informants' wishful thinking in order to get paid by their supervisors […] )",
          "ref": "1986, Jan Guillou, Coq Rouge, Norstedts, →ISBN, page 131:",
          "text": "I den teoretiska delen av utbildningen i San Diego hade det funnits en stor mängd komiska exempel på detta som på firmaslang kallas för Grisbuktssyndromet (president Kennedys fullkomligt misslyckade invasion i Bay of Pigs förklaras med att informatörerna önsketänker för att få betalt av sina handledare, […])",
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        }
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        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ],
        [
          "wishfully",
          "wishfully"
        ],
        [
          "wishful thinking",
          "wishful thinking"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
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      },
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      "name": "com"
    },
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        "2": "önsketänkande",
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      },
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    }
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      "form": "önsketänker",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkte",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkt",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänk",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sv-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "önsketänkas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "önsketänkts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "supine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänken",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
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        "passive"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "önsketänker",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänks",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänktes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänka",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
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    },
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        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänktes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänke",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänktes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "participle",
        "past",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "önsketänkt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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        "4": "önsketänker",
        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "önsketänkte",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "önsketänkt",
        "9": "imperative",
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      "name": "head"
    }
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        "end": "vl"
      },
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "Swedish back-formations",
        "Swedish compound terms",
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        "Swedish terms with quotations",
        "Swedish verbs",
        "Swedish weak verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "In the theoretical part of the training in San Diego, there had been a large number of comical examples of this, which in company slang is known as the Bay of Pigs syndrome (President Kennedy's utterly failed Bay of Pigs invasion is explained by the informants' wishful thinking in order to get paid by their supervisors […] )",
          "ref": "1986, Jan Guillou, Coq Rouge, Norstedts, →ISBN, page 131:",
          "text": "I den teoretiska delen av utbildningen i San Diego hade det funnits en stor mängd komiska exempel på detta som på firmaslang kallas för Grisbuktssyndromet (president Kennedys fullkomligt misslyckade invasion i Bay of Pigs förklaras med att informatörerna önsketänker för att få betalt av sina handledare, […])",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "to think wishfully, to engage in wishful thinking"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "think",
          "think"
        ],
        [
          "wishfully",
          "wishfully"
        ],
        [
          "wishful thinking",
          "wishful thinking"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "önsketänka"
}

Download raw JSONL data for önsketänka meaning in Swedish (4.7kB)

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  "path": [
    "önsketänka"
  ],
  "section": "Swedish",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "önsketänka",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'ind. plural'",
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    "önsketänka"
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  "section": "Swedish",
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