sprida

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish spridha, probably the same word as spredha, from Middle Low German sprēden, spreiden, from Proto-Germanic *spraidijaną (“to spread”). Cognate with English spread and German spreiten. Due to the absence of this word in Old Icelandic, the Swedish word as well as Danish sprede, Norwegian Bokmål spre, and Norwegian Nynorsk spreie are probably borrowed from Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspriːˌda/

Verb

sprida (present sprider, preterite spred or spridde, supine spridit or spritt, imperative sprid)

1. to distribute, to spread, to disseminate

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprida (class 1 strong)

	active		passive
infinitive	sprida		spridas
supine	spridit		spridits
imperative	sprid		—
imper. plural1	spriden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sprider	spred	sprids, sprides	spreds
ind. plural1	sprida	spredo	spridas	spredos
subjunctive2	spride	sprede	sprides	spredes
present participle		spridande
past participle		spriden

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of sprida (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	sprida		spridas
supine	spritt		spritts
imperative	sprid		—
imper. plural1	spriden		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	sprider	spridde	sprids, sprides	spriddes
ind. plural1	sprida	spridde	spridas	spriddes
subjunctive2	spride	spridde	sprides	spriddes
present participle		spridande
past participle		spridd

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Related terms

• kringsprida
• spridare
• spridning
• utsprida

Further reading

• sprida in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• prisad