dejta

Swedish

Etymology

From English date + -a or from dejt +‎ -a.

Verb

dejta (present dejtar, preterite dejtade, supine dejtat, imperative dejta)

  1. (intransitive, informal) to date
    Jag har dejtat ett tag nu.
    I've been dating for a while now.
  2. (transitive, informal) to date (someone)
    Jag har börjat dejta Karin.
    I've started to date Karin.
  3. (reciprocal, informal) to date each other
    Jag och Karin har börjat dejta.
    Karin and I have started dating.

Conjugation
Conjugation of dejta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive dejta dejtas
Supine dejtat dejtats
Imperative dejta —
Imper. plural1 dejten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative dejtar dejtade dejtas dejtades
Ind. plural1 dejta dejtade dejtas dejtades
Subjunctive2 dejte dejtade dejtes dejtades
Participles
Present participle dejtande
Past participle dejtad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
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