Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]blekna (present bleknar, preterite bleknade, supine bleknat, imperative blekna)
- (intransitive) to pale; to become pale
- (sometimes with bort (“away”)) to fade
- Minnena började blekna bort
- The memories began to fade away
Conjugation
[edit]| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | blekna | — | ||
| supine | bleknat | — | ||
| imperative | blekna | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | bleknen | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | bleknar | bleknade | — | — |
| ind. plural1 | blekna | bleknade | — | — |
| subjunctive2 | blekne | bleknade | — | — |
| present participle | bleknande | |||
| past participle | bleknad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “blekna”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “blekna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “blekna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Anagrams
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