slakta

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• slaktet

Verb

slakta

1. inflection of slakte:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German slachten, though Swedish had its own cognate word for "slaughter", a descendant of Old Norse slátra.

Verb

slakta (present slaktar, preterite slaktade, supine slaktat, imperative slakta)

1. to slaughter, to butcher
   1. to butcher animals, generally for food
   2. to massacre people in large numbers
   3. to kill in a particularly brutal manner

Conjugation

Conjugation of slakta (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	slakta		slaktas
Supine	slaktat		slaktats
Imperative	slakta		—
Imper. plural1	slakten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	slaktar	slaktade	slaktas	slaktades
Ind. plural1	slakta	slaktade	slaktas	slaktades
Subjunctive2	slakte	slaktade	slaktes	slaktades
	Participles
Present participle	slaktande
Past participle	slaktad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• slakt
• slaktare
• slakteri
• slaktning

Descendants

• → Finnish: lahdata
  • Kven: lahđata

Further reading

• slakta in Svensk ordbok.
• slakta in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)

Anagrams

• lakats, laktas, skalat