ikläda

Swedish

i +‎ kläda

ikläda (present ikläder, preterite iklädde, supine iklätt, imperative ikläd)

(usually reflexive or in the past participle) to put on, to don (a piece of clothing or the like)
Synonym: ta på sig

Han iklädde sig en smoking
He put on a tuxedo

Han var iklädd smoking
He was wearing a tuxedo

Fången ikläddes fångkläder
The prisoner was dressed in prison garb (prison garb was put on the prisoner)
(usually reflexive or in the past participle, figuratively) to take on, to assume (a role or the like)
Hon iklädde sig rollen som medlare
She took on the role of mediator

More formal-sounding compare to ta på sig.

Conjugation of ikläda (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ikläda		iklädas
Supine	iklätt		iklätts
Imperative	ikläd		—
Imper. plural¹	ikläden		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ikläder	iklädde	ikläds, iklädes	ikläddes
Ind. plural¹	ikläda	iklädde	iklädas	ikläddes
Subjunctive²	ikläde	iklädde	iklädes	ikläddes
	Participles
Present participle	iklädande
Past participle	iklädd
¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.