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 | kiva |
| Present | kivar |
| Past | kivade |
| Imperative | kiva |
| Supine | kivat |
Verbs conjugated like 'kiva'
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 'kiva'
giva,
hiva,
kava,
kida,
kika,
kila,
kipa,
kisa,
kivas,
kliva,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. kiva; liksom d. kive, kives, isl. kífa, av mnt. kīven, motsv. mht. kīben, kīven, t.
keifen; möjl. etymol. identiskt med t. dial. kīfen, skrapa, gnaga, alltså med ursprunglig bet.: skrapa o. d. (jfr
HjPsilander i ZeitschrVerglSprachf. 45: 258 (1913)) References: 1
2. Inherited from Old Norse kífa, from Proto-Germanic *kībaną. See: Proto-Germanic '*kībaną'.
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.