Svømmede

Svømmede is the simple past tense of the Danish verb svømme, meaning to swim. It is used to describe a completed swimming action in the past. In Danish, the past tense does not change with the subject, so jeg svømmede, du svømmede, han svømmede all translate to “I swam,” “you swam,” “he swam.” The corresponding past participle is svømmet, used with the auxiliary har to form the present perfect: jeg har svømmet (“I have swum”). The noun form for the activity is svømning, and related terms include svømmer (swimmer). The word is written with the Danish letter ø.

In contrast, Norwegian Bokmål typically uses svømte as the simple past form, and har svømt as the present perfect, illustrating differences between the languages. The form svømmede is thus characteristic of Danish.

Example usage: Hun svømmede i søen hele eftermiddagen.