kryssa

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

kryssa n

  1. definite plural of kryss

Alternative forms

Verb

kryssa

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kryssa n

  1. definite plural of kryss

Swedish

Etymology

Calque of Dutch kruisen. By surface analysis, kryss +‎ -a. Nautical sense attested since 1823, marking sense attested since 1931.

Verb

kryssa (present kryssar, preterite kryssade, supine kryssat, imperative kryssa)

  1. to write an x in a fill-in box
    Jag kryssar för svenska som modersmål
    I mark Swedish as mother tongue.
  2. (nautical) to beat, sail on a zig-zag course to make progress upwind.

Conjugation
Conjugation of kryssa (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive kryssa kryssas
Supine kryssat kryssats
Imperative kryssa —
Imper. plural1 kryssen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative kryssar kryssade kryssas kryssades
Ind. plural1 kryssa kryssade kryssas kryssades
Subjunctive2 krysse kryssade krysses kryssades
Participles
Present participle kryssande
Past participle kryssad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References
  • kryss in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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