UrsprungFrom Old Swedish þiggia, from Old Norse þiggja (“to receive”), from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną.
- to beg (as a beggar)
“en tiggare som sitter på gatan och tigger (pengar)” — a beggar who sits on the street and begs (for money)
“försörja sig genom att tigga” — make a living by begging
“På en vecka lyckades hon bara tigga ihop 500 kronor” — In a week, she only managed to earn 500 kronor through begging [only managed to beg together 500 kronor]
- to panhandle
- figurativelyto beg, to ask for
“tigga om några dagar ledigt” — beg for a few days off
- figurativelyto scrounge
“tigga till sig en cigarett” — scrounge [beg to oneself] a cigarette
Formertigger(present) · tiggde(preterite) · tiggt(supine) · tigg(imperative) · tigga(active, infinitive) · tiggas(infinitive, passive) · tiggt(active, supine) · tiggts(passive, supine) · tigg(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · tiggen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · tigger(active, indicative, present) · tiggde(active, indicative, past) · tiggs(indicative, passive, present) · tigges(indicative, passive, present) · tiggdes(indicative, passive, past) · tigga(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · tiggde(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · tiggas(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)