Svømt

Svømt is the past participle of the Norwegian verb svømme, meaning to swim. It is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses and indicates that the swimming action has been completed. The form is standard in both Bokmål and Nynorsk; for example, Jeg har svømt hele dagen is used in Bokmål, and Eg har svømt i sjøen is used in Nynorsk.

In Danish, the corresponding past participle of svømme is typically svømmet, not svømt. In Swedish, the equivalent past participle of simma is simmat. These differences reflect distinct orthographic and morphological developments across the Scandinavian languages.

The verb svømme belongs to the core vocabulary related to activities involving water. Related words include svømming (swimming), svømmer (swims; swimmer), and svømmende (swimming, in a participial sense). The word svømt itself is not used as a noun but functions as a verbal participle within clauses.

Etymologically, svømt derives from the base verb svømme, which forms part of the Germanic language heritage shared by Norwegian and other Nordic languages. The past participle form attests to Norwegian orthographic conventions for marking completed actions.

See also: svømming, svømmer, svømme.