- to sacrifice (a holy ritual)
“Till solen offrades en vit ren.” — To the sun a white reindeer was sacrificed.
- to sacrifice, to abstain (from an opportunity), to allow (something to go to waste), to give up – to get something else
“Hunden Kita offrade sitt liv för att rädda poliserna.” — The dog Kita gave her life to save the policemen.
“Jag har offrat sömn för att se "bara ett avsnitt till".” — I have given up sleep to see "just one more episode".
- to make (someone) a victim or scapegoat
“Läkarna offrades när Talin behövde en fiende.” — Physicians were blamed/punished when Talin needed an enemy.
Formeroffrar(present) · offrade(preterite) · offrat(supine) · offra(imperative) · offra(active, infinitive) · offras(infinitive, passive) · offrat(active, supine) · offrats(passive, supine) · offra(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · offren(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · offrar(active, indicative, present) · offrade(active, indicative, past) · offras(indicative, passive, present) · offrades(indicative, passive, past) · offra(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · offrade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · offras(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present) · offrades(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, past)