fästa

See also: fasta and fásta

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fæsta, from Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną, equivalent to fast +‎ -a. Cognate with Danish fæste, Norwegian feste, Icelandic festa. Compare English fasten.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Gotland):(file)
  • Homophone: festa

Verb

fästa (present fäster, preterite fäste, supine fäst, imperative fäst)

  1. to fasten, to attach, to fix
    Jag fäste skenan i taket med en skruv i vardera änden.
    I attached the rail to the ceiling with a screw at each end.
  2. to attach (importance or the like to something)
    Jag fäster inte så stor vikt vid deras studie.
    I do not attach much importance ("weight") to their study.
  3. to fix (one's gaze on something or the like)
    Straffläggaren fäste blicken på bollen och började springa.
    The penalty taker fixed his eyes ("gaze") on the ball and started running.
  4. to stick
    Limmet fäster inte på plast.
    The glue does not stick to plastic.
  6. (obsolete) synonym of trolova

Conjugation

Conjugation of fästa (weak)
active passive
infinitive fästa fästas
supine fäst fästs
imperative fäst —
imper. plural1 fästen —
present past present past
indicative fäster fäste fästs, fästes fästes
ind. plural1 fästa fäste fästas fästes
subjunctive2 fäste fäste fästes fästes
present participle fästande
past participle fäst

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

Derived terms

Adjective

fästa

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

References

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