In modern Swedish, verbs are not conjugated in person or number; the same verb form is used for all persons in singular and plural.
All Forms
| Infinitive | garva |
| Present | garvar |
| Past | garvade |
| Imperative | garva |
| Supine | garvat |
Verbs conjugated like 'garva'
abalienera,
abandonnera,
abbreviera,
abdikera,
abila,
ablaktera,
abonnera,
abortera,
abradera,
absentera,
absolvera,
absorbera,
abstrahera,
accedera,
accelerera,
accentera,
accentuera,
acceptera,
accisera,
acklimatisera, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'garva'
galva,
gara,
harva,
karva,
larva,
narva,
tarva,
varva,
arga,
arta,
Translations
tan, to turn animal hide into leather
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Vi garvade åt Nisses skämt (We laughed at Nisse's joke)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. liksom d.
garve av nt. garven, motsv. mnt. gerwen, (ä.) t.
gerben (gärben, garben); eg.: bereda, göra färdig; samma ord som GÖRA, v., o. avledning av ord svarande mot GAR; jfr GARV References:
1 2
2. From Middle Low German gerwen, from Old Saxon gerwian, from Proto-West Germanic *garwijan, from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare Norwegian Nynorsk garva (“tan”) and Danish garve (“tan”).
3. (laugh) See: Old Saxon '
gerwian', Proto-Germanic '
*garwijaną', Norwegian, nynorsk '
garva', Danish '
garve'.
Verbs referencing "garva"
Norwegian, nynorsk
garva.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Swedish verbs had distinct forms for singular and plural. The forms below
show the verb conjugated in all moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.