utspela
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Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]ut + spela, like German ausspielen
Verb
[edit]utspela (present utspelar, preterite utspelade, supine utspelat, imperative utspela)
- (reflexive or passive voice) to be set, to play out, to take place (of a story that takes place somewhere)
- romanen utspelar sig/utspelas i Norrköping
- the novel is set in Norrköping
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of utspela (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | utspela | utspelas | ||
| Supine | utspelat | utspelats | ||
| Imperative | utspela | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | utspelen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | utspelar | utspelade | utspelas | utspelades |
| Ind. plural1 | utspela | utspelade | utspelas | utspelades |
| Subjunctive2 | utspele | utspelade | utspeles | utspelades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | utspelande | |||
| Past participle | utspelad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- utspela in Svensk ordbok.