gneta
Swedish
Verb
gneta (present gnetar, preterite gnetade, supine gnetat, imperative gneta)
- to be stingy (often over petty things)
- (with ihop) to scrape together
- Vi lyckades gneta ihop 200 kr på att panta burkar
- We managed to scrape together 200 SEK recycling cans
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | gneta | gnetas | ||
| supine | gnetat | gnetats | ||
| imperative | gneta | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | gneten | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | gnetar | gnetade | gnetas | gnetades |
| ind. plural1 | gneta | gnetade | gnetas | gnetades |
| subjunctive2 | gnete | gnetade | gnetes | gnetades |
| present participle | gnetande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Derived terms
References
- “gneta”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “gneta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “gneta”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- gnet in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)