drömt

Drömt is the past participle form of the Swedish verb drömma, which means to dream. It is used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses, such as har drömt (have dreamed) and hade drömt (had dreamed). In normal narration, the simple past of drömma is drömde, while drömt appears in compound tenses rather than as the main finite verb.

Examples illustrate its use: Jag har drömt om dig (I have dreamed about you) and Vi hade drömt om att resa länge (We had dreamed of traveling for a long time). The past participle cannot function alone to express a completed past action; it requires an auxiliary like har or hade. This distinguishes it from drömde, which is the simple past form.

Etymology and related forms: Drömma is related to the noun dröm (dream). The noun dröm originates from Old Norse draumr, and the verb likely developed from the noun with a suffix such as -ma to form a verb. The past participle drömt reflects the historical vowel changes characteristic of Swedish in grammatical participles. Related words include drömsk (dreamlike) and the plural noun drömmar (dreams).

Usage notes: Drömt can express experiences of dreaming while asleep or figurative meanings such as having dreamed of achieving something. It appears in phrases like drömma om något (to dream about something) and drömma stort (to dream big). Understanding the distinction between drömt (perfect) and drömde (simple past) helps in choosing the correct tense in narrative and descriptive contexts.