greppa – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of greppa

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

Infinitivegreppa
Presentgreppar
Pastgreppade
Imperativegreppa
Supinegreppat

Translations

  • apprehend, to understand; to recognize
  • grasp, to grip
  • twig, to realise something
  • Synonyms & Antonyms

    Sample Sentences

    • Jag greppar inte det här (I don't grasp this)
    • Det är dags att greppa tag i det här (It's time to start dealing with this ("grab hold of this"))

    Additional Information

    Etymology

    From grepp + -a. First attested in 1941.

    Cognates

    -

    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: greppande

    Indicative

    Present

    jaggreppar
    dugreppar
    han;hongreppar
    vigreppa
    nigreppa
    degreppa

    Perfect

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

    Past

    jaggreppade
    dugreppade
    han;hongreppade
    vigreppade
    nigreppade
    degreppade

    Pluperfect

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

    Future

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

    Future Perfect

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

    Conjunctive

    Present

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

    Perfect

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

    Past

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

    Pluperfect

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

    Conditional

    Present

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

    Perfect

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

    Imperative

    dugreppa
    viLåt oss greppa
    nigreppa

    Swedish Dialects of Finland