Insjukna

Insjukna is a Swedish verb meaning to fall ill or to become ill, often to contract a disease. It is intransitive and commonly used with the preposition i to specify the illness, for example insjukna i influensa or insjukna i en förkylning. The verb can also be used without i to denote becoming ill in general.

Conjugation and forms: Present tense is jag insjuknar, du insjuknar, han/hon insjuknar, vi insjuknar, ni insjuknar, de insjuknar. The simple past is insjuknade (jag insjuknade, du insjuknade, han insjuknade, etc.). The supine form is insjuknat, used with have/has, as in jag har insjuknat. The past perfect or present perfect is formed with har insjuknat (hon har insjuknat). The imperative form is rare but can be constructed as insjukna in direct commands.

Usage notes: Insjukna i followed by a disease is a common construction to describe acute onset or documented illness, e.g., hon insjuknade i influensa. In everyday language, milder symptoms or temporary sickness may be described with bli sjuk or må dåligt. The term insjukna emphasizes the transition from health to illness rather than ongoing malaise.

Etymology and related terms: The verb is built from sjuk (sick) with the prefix in- indicating onset or becoming general ill. Related expressions in Swedish include bli sjuk (to become ill) and drabbas av en sjukdom (to suffer from a disease).

Examples: Han insjuknade i influensa och stannade hemma från arbetet. Hon har insjuknat och väntar på provsvar. Efter helgen insjuknade flera kollegor på kontoret.