tillskriva
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German toschriven, equivalent to till + skriva. Cognate of German zuschreiben.
Verb
edittillskriva (present tillskriver, preterite tillskrev, supine tillskrivit, imperative tillskriva)
- to ascribe, attribute, impute, credit (ascribe characteristics, authorship, ownership, credit, responsibility, as a cause, and the like)
- tillskriva någon egenskaper
- ascribe characteristics to someone
- Målningen har tillskrivits flera olika mästare
- The painting has been attributed to several different masters
- Prisökningen tillskrevs dåliga skördar
- The price increase was attributed to poor harvests
- to write a (formal) letter to (someone)
Conjugation
editConjugation of tillskriva (class 1 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | tillskriva | tillskrivas | ||
| Supine | tillskrivit | tillskrivits | ||
| Imperative | tillskriv | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | tillskriven | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | tillskriver | tillskrev | tillskrivs, tillskrives | tillskrevs |
| Ind. plural1 | tillskriva | tillskrevo | tillskrivas | tillskrevos |
| Subjunctive2 | tillskrive | tillskreve | tillskrives | tillskreves |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | tillskrivande | |||
| Past participle | tillskriven | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||