nal addition. Past. ptcp. in these verbs regularly has the ending -en for common gender and -et for neuter, but of many verbs only the latter form can be used, and others while forming a strong imperf. form their prtcp. according to the weak conjugation. The vowel of the participle is sometimes that of the present, sometimes that of the imperf.
The strong verbs are divided into 6 classes depending upon the vowels occurring in the different forms (gradation series):
| 1. | i (æ, e) | a | u |
| 2. | i (e) | a | i (e) or aa |
| 3. | i | e | e (i) |
| 4. | y | ö | u (ö, y,) |
| 5. | a | o | a |
| 6. | No apparent gradation, in historical grammars called the reduplicating class. | ||
213. Class I.
i (æ, e)–a–u. Ex.: binde to bind, bandt, bunden; sprække to crack, sprak, sprukken; finde to find; rinde to run (of running water)[1]; spinde to spin; stinke to stink (ptcp. stinket); svinde to vanish; tvinde to twist; vinde to win; klinge to sound (ptcp. klinget); springe to spring; svinge to swing; tvinge to force; synge to sing (sang, sungen, poet. and ant. sjunge), synke to sink (sank, sunket); slippe to let go; briste to burst (inf.); drikke to drink (drak, drukket; drukken adj. drunk); stikke to stab (poet. and ant. stinge, stak, stungen); brække to break; N. række to reach; N. strække til to suffice; trække to draw; fornemme to perceive (ptcpl. fornemmet or fornummet); hjælpe to help; N. brænde to burn, (intr. brandt, ptcp. brændt; D. impf. brændte); hænge to hang, hang or hængte, hængt; N. slænge to loiter (slang, slængt; but
- ↑ N. rende, rendte, rendt to run.
