marschera
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from French marcher. By surface analysis, marsch + -era. Cognate of Danish marchere, German marschieren.
Verb
marschera (present marscherar, preterite marscherade, supine marscherat, imperative marschera)
- to march (walk with rhythmic strides, often in step with others, as a soldier does)
- 1968, Lasse Berghagen, Benny Andersson, “Sagan om lilla Sofi [The Story of Little Sofi]”[1]performed by Hep Stars:
- Då hörs en sång. Då syns ett moln av damm. En liten soldat marscherar vägen fram. Han har byxor med revär, och han har ett stort gevär. Han marscherar så kavat, en liten, stor soldat.
- Then a song is heard. Then a cloud of dust is seen [or "appears" or the like – literally translated]. A little soldier marches down the road [marches the road forth]. He has trousers with stripes [stripe – singular here, but could also be plural], and he has a big rifle. He marches with such pluck [marches so pluckily], a little, great soldier.
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | marschera | marscheras | ||
| supine | marscherat | marscherats | ||
| imperative | marschera | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | marscheren | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | marscherar | marscherade | marscheras | marscherades |
| ind. plural1 | marschera | marscherade | marscheras | marscherades |
| subjunctive2 | marschere | marscherade | marscheres | marscherades |
| present participle | marscherande | |||
| past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.