štedeti

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

štédjeti (Ijekavian)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ščęděti.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃtěːdeti/
Hyphenation: šte‧de‧ti

Verb

štédeti impf (Cyrillic spelling ште́дети)

(transitive, intransitive) to save (store for future use)
(transitive, intransitive) to save, economize
(transitive) to spare

Conjugation

Conjugation of štedeti

Infinitive: štedeti		Present verbal adverb: štédēći		Past verbal adverb: —		Verbal noun: štéđēnje
Number		Singular			Plural
Person		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
Verbal forms		ja	ti	on / ona / ono	mi	vi	oni / one / ona
Present		štedim	štediš	štedi	štedimo	štedite	štede
Future	Future I	štedet ću¹ štedeću	štedet ćeš¹ štedećeš	štedet će¹ štedeće	štedet ćemo¹ štedećemo	štedet ćete¹ štedećete	štedet će¹ štedeće
Future	Future II	bȕdēm štedeo²	bȕdēš štedeo²	bȕdē štedeo²	bȕdēmo štedeli²	bȕdēte štedeli²	bȕdū štedeli²
Past	Perfect	štedeo sam²	štedeo si²	štedeo je²	štedeli smo²	štedeli ste²	štedeli su²
	Pluperfect³	bȉo sam štedeo²	bȉo si štedeo²	bȉo je štedeo²	bíli smo štedeli²	bíli ste štedeli²	bíli su štedeli²
	Imperfect	šteđah	šteđaše	šteđaše	šteđasmo	šteđaste	šteđahu
Conditional I		štedeo bih²	štedeo bi²	štedeo bi²	štedeli bismo²	štedeli biste²	štedeli bi²
Conditional II⁴		bȉo bih štedeo²	bȉo bi štedeo²	bȉo bi štedeo²	bíli bismo štedeli²	bíli biste štedeli²	bíli bi štedeli²
Imperative		—	štedi	—	štedimo	štedite	—
Active past participle		štedeo m / štedela f / štedelo n			štedeli m / štedele f / štedela n
¹ Croatian spelling: others omit the infinitive suffix completely and bind the clitic. ² For masculine nouns; a feminine or neuter agent would use the feminine and neuter gender forms of the active past participle and auxiliary verb, respectively. ³ Often replaced by the past perfect in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. ⁴ Often replaced by the conditional I in colloquial speech, i.e. the auxiliary verb biti (to be) is routinely dropped. *Note: The aorist and imperfect were not present in, or have nowadays fallen into disuse in, many dialects and therefore they are routinely replaced by the past perfect in both formal and colloquial speech.

Derived terms

References

“štedeti”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024