snöga
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Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Swedish snøgha, a parallel form to snioa (“to snow”) with an epenthetic hiatus-filling -g-, cf. the -g in stuga, loge, mogen, trogen, redobogen and roga.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
snöga (present snögar, preterite snögade, supine snögat, imperative snöga)
- (dated, dialectal) Alternative form of snöa (“to snow”)
- 1790, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans epistel n:o 42:
- Vargar tjuta öfver alt, ren det snögar och blir kallt.
- Wolves howl everywhere, already it is snowing and getting cold.
- 1797 October 28, Märta Helena Reenstierna, Årstadagboken:
- Hela natten och efven i dag Snögade mycket.
- All night and also today it snowed a lot.
- 1818 December 28, Jöns Jacob Berzelius, Reseanteckningar[1]:
- Nu kom jag att kasta ögat utåt gatan och se — det begynner snöga.
- I happened to cast my eye on the street and saw – it has started to snow.
- 1829, Esaias Tegnér, Vid Magister-promotionen i Lund[2]:
- Plöja i pannan, och snöga i håret, och snöga i hjertat.
- Ploughing in my forehead, snowing in my hair, and snowing in my heart.
- 1886, Nils Linder, Regler och råd angående svenska språkets behandling i tal och skrift[3]:
- I öfverensstämmelse med uttalet skrifves dock numera roa (icke »roga») och snöa (hällre än »snöga»).
- According to the pronunciation, it is now written roa (not “roga”) and snöa (rather than “snöga”).
- 1905, Verner von Heidenstam, Folke Filbyter:
- Då skall du sluta att gå på jakt mer under vintern, Inge, så att det får snöga.
- Then you should stop hunting during the winter, Inge, so that it can snow.
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of snöga (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | snöga | snögas | ||
| Supine | snögat | snögats | ||
| Imperative | snöga | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | snögen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | snögar | snögade | snögas | snögades |
| Ind. plural1 | snöga | snögade | snögas | snögades |
| Subjunctive2 | snöge | snögade | snöges | snögades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | snögande | |||
| Past participle | snögad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||