slakna
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[edit]Verb
[edit]slakna (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative slaknaði, supine slaknað)
- (intransitive) to slacken, to become slack
Conjugation
[edit]slakna — active voice (germynd)
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að slakna | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
slaknað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
slaknandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég slakna | við slöknum | present (nútíð) |
ég slakni | við slöknum |
þú slaknar | þið slaknið | þú slaknir | þið slaknið | ||
hann, hún, það slaknar | þeir, þær, þau slakna | hann, hún, það slakni | þeir, þær, þau slakni | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég slaknaði | við slöknuðum | past (þátíð) |
ég slaknaði | við slöknuðum |
þú slaknaðir | þið slöknuðuð | þú slaknaðir | þið slöknuðuð | ||
hann, hún, það slaknaði | þeir, þær, þau slöknuðu | hann, hún, það slaknaði | þeir, þær, þau slöknuðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
slakna (þú) | slaknið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
slaknaðu | slakniði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Verb
[edit]slakna (present slaknar, preterite slaknade, supine slaknat, imperative slakna)
- to slacken (become (more) slack)
- (figuratively) to lose strength or determination, to falter
- Han slaknade på upploppet
- He faltered on the home stretch
- (of a penis) to become flaccid, to go soft
- to have the penis become flaccid, to go soft
- (figuratively, by either gender) to lose feelings of attraction; to become disinterested (either romantically or sexually)
- 2024 November 4, “Anders Jansson, svarta väljare i USA-valet och det varmaste man kan äta” (80:15 (no music) from the start), in Morgonpasset i P3[1] (radio), spoken by Anders Jansson and Linnéa Wikblad, Sveriges Radio:
- – Men under dom [i nördhierarkin], till och med, där ligger 30 plussare som fortfarande gör Pokémon GO. För det finns inget mer patetiskt.
– Nej, jag slaknar och torkar ihop likt ett nypon i oktober.- – But below them [in the nerd hierarchy], even, there are 30-somethings who still play Pokémon GO. Because there's nothing more pathetic.
– No, I go limp and shrivel up like a rosehip in October.
- – But below them [in the nerd hierarchy], even, there are 30-somethings who still play Pokémon GO. Because there's nothing more pathetic.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of slakna (weak)
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | slakna | — | ||
Supine | slaknat | — | ||
Imperative | slakna | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | slaknen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | slaknar | slaknade | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | slakna | slaknade | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | slakne | slaknade | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | slaknande | |||
Past participle | slaknad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
References
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- Icelandic 2-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ahkna
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ahkna/2 syllables
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic verbs
- Icelandic weak verbs
- Icelandic intransitive verbs
- Swedish terms suffixed with -na
- Swedish lemmas
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- Swedish terms with quotations
- Swedish weak verbs