UrsprungFrom Low German günnen, from Old Saxon giunnan, from Proto-Germanic *gaunnaną. See gunst and unna.
- intransitive, transitiveto benefit (someone or something)
“Det gynnar oss” — It benefits us
“Vissa insekter gynnas av skogsbränder” — Some insects benefit from forest fires (note that gynnas is in the passive here – the subject of gynna does the benefiting, while the (optional, but usually included) object is being benefited)
- to favor (provide with benefit (at the expense of others))
“Domaren anklagades för att gynna hemmalaget” — The referee was accused of favoring the home team
Formergynnar(present) · gynnade(preterite) · gynnat(supine) · gynna(imperative) · gynna(active, infinitive) · gynnas(infinitive, passive) · gynnat(active, supine) · gynnats(passive, supine) · gynna(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · gynnen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · gynnar(active, indicative, present) · gynnade(active, indicative, past) · gynnas(indicative, passive, present) · gynnades(indicative, passive, past) · gynna(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · gynnade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · gynnas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · gynnades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)