drömma

Drömma is a Swedish verb meaning to dream, primarily referring to dreams experienced during sleep. The infinitive is drömma, and it is conjugated in the present tense as drömmer (examples: jag drömmer, du drömmer). The simple past is drömde, and the supine or past participle used with perfect tenses is drömt (for example, jag har drömt). The imperative form is dröm.

Etymology and related forms: Drömma derives from Old Norse draumr (draumr) and is related to Danish drøm, Norwegian drøm, and Icelandic draumur. The word is cognate with other Germanic terms for vision or sleep imagery, reflecting a common Indo-European idea of dream as a mental image arising during sleep.

Usage and nuances: Drömma describes both ordinary dreams during sleep and figurative dreaming or hoping for something. With om, it can express dreaming about a person or goal (for example, jag drömmer om att resa till Sverige). The present participle drömmande means “dreaming,” and the perfect tense is formed with har drömt. In everyday use, drömma often appears in phrases about aspirations, fantasies, or nightly narratives.

See also: dröm, the noun meaning dream; drömfångare (dreamcatcher); related terms in Swedish and cognate forms in neighboring Scandinavian languages.