halshugga

Swedish

Etymology

hals (“throat”) +‎ hugga (“cut”)

Verb

halshugga (present halshugger, preterite halshögg, supine halshuggit, imperative halshugg)

  1. to behead; to cut off someone’s head
    Terroristerna hade halshuggit honom.
    The terrorists had beheaded him.

Conjugation
Conjugation of halshugga (class 2 strong)
Active Passive
Infinitive halshugga halshuggas
Supine halshuggit halshuggits
Imperative halshugg —
Imper. plural1 halshuggen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative halshugger halshögg halshuggs, halshugges halshöggs
Ind. plural1 halshugga halshöggo halshuggas halshöggos
Subjunctive2 halshugge halshögge halshugges halshögges
Participles
Present participle halshuggande
Past participle halshuggen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References
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