Svängas

Svängas is a Swedish verb form. It is the infinitive passive of the verb svänga, which means to swing, sway, turn, or tilt. In Swedish, the passive voice can be formed in several ways, and svängas represents one way to express being acted upon in contexts where the action is about being swung or swung around.

Grammatical notes: svänga is a native Germanic verb with basic forms such as svänger (present), svängde (past), and svängt (supine). The form svängas is used to convey a passive sense, often translated as “to be swung.” The usage of the -as ending is common in Swedish for the infinitive passive and some present-passive constructions. In everyday prose, many speakers prefer the analytic passive with bli or vara plus the active participle (for example, “blir svängd”), but svängas appears in technical, instructional, or fixed expressions.

Usage and examples: svängas can occur in instructional or technical language, describing motions or mechanical actions. For example, a description might say that a component can svängas försiktigt, meaning it can be swung or swayed gently. Another example could be a pendulum that svängas i en konstant takt, “swings in a constant rhythm.” In general, svängas is more likely to be found in formal or specialized contexts than in everyday speech.

Etymology and related forms: svänga derives from a Germanic root linked to turning or bending. The -as suffix is a productive way to form the passive infinitive in Swedish, complementing the language’s broader system for passive and tense formation. See also sväng, svängning, and related verbs describing motion.