påminna

Swedish

Etymology

From på +‎ minna. Compare Danish påminde, Icelandic áminna.

Verb

påminna (present påminner, preterite påminde, supine påmint, imperative påminn)

  1. to remind
    • 1915, Selma Lagerlöf, “Tavaststjernas sista sommar [Tavaststjerna's Last Summer]”, in Troll och människor [Trolls and Humans]‎[1], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 17 September 2025:
      Det [...] påminde honom om att han måste skynda.
      It reminded him that he had to hurry.
    • 1928, Hjalmar Bergman, Lotten Brenners ferier [Lotten Brenner's Holidays]‎[2], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 17 September 2025:
      Han visste inte att han påminde henne om en avliden pudel.
      He didn’t know that he reminded her of a dead poodle.

Conjugation

Conjugation of påminna (weak)
active passive
infinitive påminna påminnas
supine påmint påmints
imperative påminn —
imper. plural1 påminnen —
present past present past
indicative påminner påminde påminns, påminnes påmindes
ind. plural1 påminna påminde påminnas påmindes
subjunctive2 påminne påminde påminnes påmindes
present participle påminnande
past participle påmind

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

References

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