lämnade

Lämnade is the past tense form of the Swedish verb lämna, which means to leave, abandon, or to hand in. It is a transitive verb that typically takes a direct object or a prepositional phrase indicating what is being left or handed in. The term appears across everyday language and formal writing.

Conjugation and related forms: the present tense is lämnar (he/she/it leaves), the past tense is lämnade, and the supine form used with perfect tenses (such as har lämnat) is lämnat. The infinitive is lämna, and the imperative form is lämna (as in Lämna tillbaka boken). The phrase lämna in is a common phrasal usage meaning to submit or hand in something, as in lämna in uppsatsen.

Usage and nuances: lämna can refer to leaving a place, leaving behind objects, or abandoning someone or something. It can express physical departure, quitting a situation, or submitting items to an authority. In idiomatic use, phrases like lämna i sticket (to abandon someone in a difficult moment) convey stronger shades of abandonment. Lämna is versatile and appears in both spoken and written Swedish, in narrative past tense and in formal contexts such as administrative or academic submissions.

Related forms and notes: Swedish verbs with lämna behave as regular in their conjugation for past and present tenses, with the key distinction being the suprine lämnat used with hjälpverb to form perfect tenses. The verb can function transitively with various objects, and in compound phrases with prepositions to clarify the nature of what is left or submitted.