ragga – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of ragga

Modern Swedish

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

Infinitiveragga
Presentraggar
Pastraggade
Imperativeragga
Supineraggat

Translations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Sample Sentences

  • Han raggade på henne (He was hitting on her)
  • De åkte runt och raggade (They were driving around trying to pick up women)
  • att ragga upp någon (to pick someone up)
  • Vi försöker ragga sponsorer (We're trying to pick up sponsors)
  • BTH raggar studenter i Lettland och Litauen [2009, Sydöstran (newspaper), December 2]

Additional Information

Etymology

Definitions 1-3 originate from ragg (“fur, bristles”). Definitions 4-5 are associated with the raggare subculture, possibly from trucker slang (åkarslang) ragga (upp) ("to pick something or someone up").

Cognates

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Swedish AD ~1900

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.

Gerund: raggande

Indicative

Present

jagraggar
duraggar
han;honraggar
viragga
niragga
deragga

Perfect

jaghar raggat
duhar raggat
han;honhar raggat
viha raggat
niha raggat
deha raggat

Past

jagraggade
duraggade
han;honraggade
viraggade
niraggade
deraggade

Pluperfect

jaghade raggat
duhade raggat
han;honhade raggat
vihade raggat
nihade raggat
dehade raggat

Future

jagskulle ragga
duskulle ragga
han;honskulle ragga
viskola ragga
niskola ragga
deskola ragga

Future Perfect

jagskulle ha(va) raggat
duskulle ha(va) raggat
han;honskulle ha(va) raggat
viskola ha(va) raggat
niskola ha(va) raggat
deskola ha(va) raggat

Conjunctive

Present

jagmå ragga
dumå ragga
han;honmå ragga
vimå ragga
nimå ragga
demå ragga

Perfect

jagmå ha(va) raggat
dumå ha(va) raggat
han;honmå ha(va) raggat
vimå ha(va) raggat
nimå ha(va) raggat
demå ha(va) raggat

Past

jagskulle ragga
duskulle ragga
han;honskulle ragga
viskulle ragga
niskulle ragga
deskulle ragga

Pluperfect

jagskulle ha(va) raggat
duskulle ha(va) raggat
han;honskulle ha(va) raggat
viskulle ha(va) raggat
niskulle ha(va) raggat
deskulle ha(va) raggat

Conditional

Present

jagskulle ragga
duskulle ragga
han;honskulle ragga
viskulle ragga
niskulle ragga
deskulle ragga

Perfect

jagskulle ha(va) raggat
duskulle ha(va) raggat
han;honskulle ha(va) raggat
viskulle ha(va) raggat
niskulle ha(va) raggat
deskulle ha(va) raggat

Imperative

duragga
viLåt oss ragga
niragga

Swedish Dialects of Finland

Examples in Swedish Dialects in Finland

ragga (v.I)
ragg (Korsnäs ÖB), ragg(a) (Finström ÅL, Vårdö ÅL, Föglö ÅL, Sottunga ÅL, Kumlinge ÅL, Pargas ÅB)
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Examples
  • dⱸ vill ragga fö‑ḍä (Vårdö ÅL)