stympa

Swedish

Etymology

Either borrowed from German stümpfen, related to German Stumpf (“stump”), or inherited from Old Swedish stympla, borrowed from Middle Low German stumpelen (from whence German verstümmeln).

Verb

stympa (present stympar, preterite stympade, supine stympat, imperative stympa)

1. to mutilate, to curtail, to shorten

   Synonym: lemlästa

Conjugation

Conjugation of stympa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	stympa		stympas
supine	stympat		stympats
imperative	stympa		—
imper. plural1	stympen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	stympar	stympade	stympas	stympades
ind. plural1	stympa	stympade	stympas	stympades
subjunctive2	stympe	stympade	stympes	stympades
present participle		stympande
past participle		stympad

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

Derived terms

• stympning

References

• stympa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stympa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• stympa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• stympa in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)