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hamstra
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See also: Hamstra
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
hamstra
- inflection of hamstre:
- simple past
- past participle
Swedish
Etymology
hamster + -a, a calque of German hamstern, used in Swedish since the Great War 1914–1918, cognate with Danish hamstre.
Verb
hamstra (present hamstrar, preterite hamstrade, supine hamstrat, imperative hamstra)
- to hoard or gather, to stock up, to collect (large) stocks for later use (like a hamster hides food in its cheeks)
- I Stockholm uppstod en utpräglad knapphet i fråga om mjölk och fortsatt kaos på smörmarknaden, där förut hamstrat smör kastades in och nya partier hamstrades.
- In Stockholm arose a certain shortage of milk and continued chaos on the market for butter, where previously hoarded butter was sold off and new batches were hoarded.
Conjugation
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: hamstrata
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