/²tɛnda/
UrsprungFrom Old Swedish tænda, from Old Norse tenda, from Proto-Germanic *tandijaną. Akin to German zünden and Old English tendan (whence English tind). The meaning of sexual arousal is likely a semantic calque from English turn on.
- to light, to ignite; to turn on (any kind of) lights (including flames)
“Han tände lampan” — He turned on the light
“Han tände en cigarett” — He lit a cigarette
- to become sexually aroused
“Doktor Snuggles tänder på människor och djur” — Doctor Snuggles is turned on by humans and animals (misheard lyrics)
- to become enthusiastic about something
- definite, form-of, singulardefinite singular
- form-of, pluralplural
Formertänder(present) · tände(preterite) · tänt(supine) · tänd(imperative) · tända(active, infinitive) · tändas(infinitive, passive) · tänt(active, supine) · tänts(passive, supine) · tänd(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · tänden(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · tänder(active, indicative, present) · tände(active, indicative, past) · tänds(indicative, passive, present) · tändes(indicative, passive, present) · tändes(indicative, passive, past) · tända(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · tände(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · tändas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)