UrsprungFrom Old Swedish krama, from Old Norse kremja.
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular
- form-of, pluralplural
- to hug (to embrace)
“[Bodil] frågade: – Kan du säga mig, vad det är för nytta med att jag lever? Han kramade henne en aning förskräckt. Vad var detta för griller?” — Bodil asked, "Tell me, what's the point of me living?" He hugged her, slightly startled. What kind of whim was this?
“Min gudinna, krama mig så ömt du kan.” — My goddess, hug me as tenderly as you can.
- to squeeze (to apply pressure from multiple sides at once)
“Krama ur vattnet ur de rivna morötterna!” — Squeeze the water out of the grated carrots!
“Erik hade under dessa ögonblick ångestfullt kramat tjenarens hand.” — During these moments, Erik had anxiously squeezed his servant's hand.
“Han hade velat krama ihjäl Ingilbert Bårdsson mellan sina starka armar.” — He would have liked to squeeze Ingilbert Bårdsson to death in his own strong arms.
Formerkjama(alternative, Internet, nonstandard) · kramar(present) · kramade(preterite) · kramat(supine) · krama(imperative) · krama(active, infinitive) · kramas(infinitive, passive) · kramat(active, supine) · kramats(passive, supine) · krama(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · kramen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · kramar(active, indicative, present) · kramade(active, indicative, past) · kramas(indicative, passive, present) · kramades(indicative, passive, past) · krama(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · kramade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · kramas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)