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 | basta |
| Present | bastar |
| Past | bastade |
| Imperative | basta |
| Supine | bastat |
Verbs conjugated like 'basta'
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 'basta'
banta,
basa,
baska,
blasta,
bösta,
fasta,
gasta,
hasta,
kasta,
lasta,
Translations
sauna, to use a sauna
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Sitter han fortfarande och bastar? (Is he still in the sauna?)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. basta, motsv. d. baste, nor. o. isl. basta, mnt. basten, fht. bestan, mht. besten, t. basten, bästen; jfr BAST, sbst.
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2. trol. beroende på en af BASTU i bet. risbastu föranledd omtydning af BASTA, v.
1; möjl. föreligger äfv. anknytning till BASTONERA
3. sannol. bildadt af BASTU; jfr ä. d. baste, steka
4. ordet möjl. bildadt af BASTU, så att det eg. betyder: komma i bastu, få det hett References:
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5. From bastu + -a.
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.