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 | krama |
| Present | kramar |
| Past | kramade |
| Imperative | krama |
| Supine | kramat |
Verbs conjugated like 'krama'
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 'krama'
kraba,
kraga,
kraka,
kråma,
kramla,
krampa,
krana,
krasa,
kraxa,
kroma,
Translations
hug, to embrace
squeeze, to apply pressure to from two or more sides at once
Sample Sentences
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[Bodil] frågade: – Kan du säga mig, vad det är för nytta med att jag lever? Han kramade henne en aning förskräckt. Vad var detta för griller? (Bodil asked, "Tell me, what's the point of me living?" He hugged her, slightly startled. What kind of whim was this?) [1940, Karin Boye, Ur funktion, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 08 May 2025, page 16:]
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Min gudinna, krama mig så ömt du kan. (My goddess, hug me as tenderly as you can.) [1992, Carl Michael Bellman, edited by Gunnar Hillbom & James Massengale, Fredmans sånger, Norstedts förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Bellmanssällskapet, archived from the original on 08 May 2025, page 43:]
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Krama ur vattnet ur de rivna morötterna! (Squeeze the water out of the grated carrots!)
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Erik hade under dessa ögonblick ångestfullt kramat tjenarens hand. (During these moments, Erik had anxiously squeezed his servant's hand.) [1857, Viktor Rydberg, Fribytaren på Östersjön, A. Kösters förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Göteborgs universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 08 May 2025, page 309:]
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Han hade velat krama ihjäl Ingilbert Bårdsson mellan sina starka armar. (He would have liked to squeeze Ingilbert Bårdsson to death in his own strong arms.) [1925, Selma Lagerlöf, Löwensköldska ringen, Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, archived from the original on 08 May 2025, page 74:]
Additional Information
krama omfamna (med armarna) (för att visa ömhet)
[A kramar B/x]
Engelsk översättning
hug
Exempel
krama varandra---hug [each other]
Svenskt uppslagsord
kramar kramade kramat
krama(!) verb
pressa ihop
[A kramar (ur/ihop) x]
Engelsk översättning
squeeze
Exempel
krama ur en trasa---wring out a rag
krama en snöboll---make a snowball
Etymology
1. fsv. krama, sv. dial. krama, kramma; jfr d.
kramme, isl. kremja, ävensom (med utvidgad stam) mht. krammen, gripa med klorna, feng. crammian, proppa, stoppa (eng. cram); avledn. av ett i KRAM, adj.
2, föreliggande verbaladj. till germ. krimman, jfr fht. chrimman (st. v.), gripa med klorna (t. krimmen), feng. crimman, proppa, trycka sönder, ävensom isl. krumma, hand References:
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2. From Old Swedish krama, from Old Norse kremja.
Cognates
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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.