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 | öva |
| Present | övar |
| Past | övade |
| Imperative | öva |
| Supine | övat |
Verbs conjugated like 'öva'
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 'öva'
döva,
köva,
löva,
öda,
öga,
öka,
öla,
ösa,
röva,
söva,
Translations
exercise, exert for the sake of training
practise, to repeat an activity as a way of improving one's skill
train, to practice an ability
Additional Information
Etymology
1. (ipf. nu
-ade, i ä. nsv. även
-de)
2. = fsv. (ipf.
-adhe o.
-dhe), utöva,
3. uppöva, göra, förehava, jämte da.
øve från
4. mlty.
ôven, av fsax.
ôbjan (fira) = fhty.
5. uoben (ty.
üben); jfr fhty.
uobo,
6. åkerbrukare; av germ.
*ōƀian, till ie.
āp- i
7. sanskr.
ā́pas n., arbete, verk, religiös
8. handling, avljudsform till
avel o.
ämne.
9. Jfr
övlig.
10. From Middle Low German ȫven, from Old Saxon ōbian, from Proto-Germanic *ōbijaną (“to do, practice”), see also German üben (“to practice”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*ōbijaną', German, old spelling '
üben'.
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.