UrsprungFrom 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- to stick
“Limmet fäster inte på plast.” — The glue does not stick to plastic.
- obsoletesynonym of trolova
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular
- form-of, pluralplural
Formerfäster(present) · fäste(preterite) · fäst(supine) · fäst(imperative) · fästa(active, infinitive) · fästas(infinitive, passive) · fäst(active, supine) · fästs(passive, supine) · fäst(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · fästen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · fäster(active, indicative, present) · fäste(active, indicative, past) · fästs(indicative, passive, present) · fästes(indicative, passive, present) · fästes(indicative, passive, past) · fästa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · fäste(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · fästas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)