Ursprungdoft (“scent”) + -a
- to smell (usually (of something with) a pleasant scent)
“Det doftar nybakt bröd” — There's a scent [it smells nice] of freshly baked bread
“Skogen doftar av vår” — The forest smells of spring
“I Roslagens famn på den blommande ö, där vågorna klucka [old present tense plural, usually kluckar] mot strand, och vassarna vagga [old present tense plural, usually vaggar] och nyslaget hö, det dofta” — In Roslagen's embrace on the flowering island, where the waves lap ["cluck" – onomatopoeic] against shore [sic – indefinite], and the reeds sway and of freshly mown hay, it wafts / smells towards me s
- to smell (usually something with a pleasant scent)
“dofta på rosorna” — smell the roses
- to sprinkle (something over a pastry or the like)
“dofta med florsocker” — sprinkle with powdered sugar
Formerdoftar(present) · doftade(preterite) · doftat(supine) · dofta(imperative) · dofta(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · doftat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · dofta(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · doften(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · doftar(active, indicative, present) · doftade(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · dofta(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · doftade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)