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 | äta |
| Present | äter |
| Past | åt |
| Imperative | ät |
| Supine | ätit |
Verbs similar to 'äta'
åka,
åla,
åma,
äta,
åtra,
båta,
låta,
nåta,
påta,
såta,
Additional Information
Etymology
From Old Swedish æta, from Old Norse eta, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. See: Old Swedish '
æta', Proto-Germanic '
*etaną'.
Verbs referencing "äta"
English
eat, German, Pennsylvania
esse, Low Saxon eten, German, old spelling
essen, Lithuanian
ėsti, Luxembourgish
iessen, Elfdalian
jätå, Danish
æde, Alemannic German
ässe.
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.