strama

Swedish

Etymology

stram +‎ -a. Cognate of Danish stramme, German strammen, German stremmen, Dutch strammen, stremmen.

Verb

strama (present stramar, preterite stramade, supine stramat, imperative strama)

1. tighten

Conjugation

Conjugation of strama (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	strama		stramas
Supine	stramat		stramats
Imperative	strama		—
Imper. plural1	stramen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	stramar	stramade	stramas	stramades
Ind. plural1	strama	stramade	stramas	stramades
Subjunctive2	strame	stramade	strames	stramades
	Participles
Present participle	stramande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• strama till
• strama upp sig
• strama åt
• åtstrama

Adjective

strama

1. inflection of märklig:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

References

• strama in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• strama in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• strama in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)