röja

See also: roja, Roja, roją, and rója

Swedish

Alternative forms
  • rödja (dated)
  • röda (obsolete)
  • rydda (dated, dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Swedish rydhia, from Old Norse ryðja, from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną.

Pronunciation
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Verb

röja (present röjer, preterite röjde, supine röjt, imperative röj)

  1. (sometimes intransitively with upp) to remove (natural) obstacles, to clear
    De röjde mark för huset som skulle byggas
    They cleared land for the house that was to be built
  2. to (accidentally) reveal (secret) information, to betray
    Han röjde min hemlighet
    He betrayed my secret
    Jag råkade röja basens position
    I accidentally revealed the location of the base
  3. (colloquial) to party hard or engage in other intense (and possibly violent) activity

Usage notes

Sometimes ironically of cleaning very messy rooms and the like in (sense 1).

Conjugation
Conjugation of röja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive röja röjas
Supine röjt röjts
Imperative röj —
Imper. plural1 röjen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative röjer röjde röjs, röjes röjdes
Ind. plural1 röja röjde röjas röjdes
Subjunctive2 röje röjde röjes röjdes
Participles
Present participle röjande
Past participle röjd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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