smörja

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish smyria, smøria‚ from Old Norse smyrja, from Proto-Germanic *smirwijaną, from Proto-Germanic *smerwą (see smör).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²smœ̞rːja]

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• (nonstandard, nonetheless common) IPA^(key): [²smɵrːja]

Noun

smörja c

1. crap, bullshit; something of very low quality or truthfulness
2. (colloquial) goo; any kind of partially liquid substance

Declension

Declension of smörja

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	smörja	smörjas
	definite	smörjan	smörjans
plural	indefinite	smörjor	smörjors
	definite	smörjorna	smörjornas

Verb

smörja (present smörjer, preterite smorde or smörjde, supine smort or smörjt, imperative smörj)

1. to grease, to oil; to apply fat or oil to a surface
2. to apply salve, ointment or similar; to smear
3. (euphemistic) to grease, to bribe; to perform any action as to make someone more receptive to one's wishes

Conjugation

Conjugation of smörja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	smörja		smörjas
Supine	smort		smorts
Imperative	smörj		—
Imper. plural1	smörjen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	smörjer	smorde	smörjs, smörjes	smordes
Ind. plural1	smörja	smorde	smörjas	smordes
Subjunctive2	smörje	smorde	smörjes	smordes
	Participles
Present participle	smörjande
Past participle	smord
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of smörja (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	smörja		smörjas
Supine	smörjt		smörjts
Imperative	smörj		—
Imper. plural1	smörjen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	smörjer	smörjde	smörjs, smörjes	smörjdes
Ind. plural1	smörja	smörjde	smörjas	smörjdes
Subjunctive2	smörje	smörjde	smörjes	smörjdes
	Participles
Present participle	smörjande
Past participle	smörjd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• gå som smort
• smör
• smörja kråset
• smörjelse
• smörjning
• smorning

Further reading

• smörja in Svensk ordbok.