minska – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of minska

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

Infinitiveminska
Presentminskar
Pastminskade
Imperativeminska
Supineminskat

Translations

  • abate, to reduce (something) in amount or size
  • attenuate, To reduce
  • decrease, become smaller
  • decrease, make smaller
  • diminish, To make smaller
  • diminish, To become smaller
  • dwindle, (intransitive) to decrease, shrink, vanish
  • less, to make less
  • lessen, to make less
  • lessen, to become less
  • lower, make less elevated as to object, as ambitions or hopes
  • lower, reduce (something) in value, amount, etc.
  • pare, To reduce or trim something (as if) by cutting off
  • Synonyms & Antonyms

    Sample Sentences

    Additional Information

    Etymology

    1. fsv. minzka (med vbalsbst. minzkan, minzkilse); jfr d. mindske; till stammen i MINDRE References: 1
    2. From Old Norse *minska, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną. More at mince. See: Proto-Germanic '*minnisōną'.

    Verbs referencing "minska"

    English mince.

    Cognates

    See the 2 cognates of minska

    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: minskande

    Indicative

    Present

    jagminskar
    duminskar
    han;honminskar
    viminska
    niminska
    deminska

    Perfect

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

    Past

    jagminskade
    duminskade
    han;honminskade
    viminskade
    niminskade
    deminskade

    Pluperfect

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

    Future

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

    Future Perfect

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

    Conjunctive

    Present

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

    Perfect

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

    Past

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

    Pluperfect

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

    Conditional

    Present

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

    Perfect

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

    Imperative

    duminska
    viLåt oss minska
    niminska

    Swedish Dialects of Finland

    Examples in Swedish Dialects in Finland

    minska (v.I)
    minsk (Kronoby ÖB, Pedersöre-Purmo ÖB, Pörtom ÖB, Korsnäs ÖB, Närpes ÖB, Sideby ÖB, Nagu ÅB, Pyttis NL), minsk(a) (Eckerö ÅL, Geta ÅL, Kumlinge ÅL, Finby ÅB, Tenala NL, Kyrkslätt NL, Sibbo NL), mⱸnsk(a) (Brändö ÅL), mⱸnsk, minʼsk (Houtskär ÅB), mensk (Korpo ÅB)
    ; (Terjärv ÖB, Pedersöre-Purmo ÖB, Sibbo NL) .
    Examples
    • (hon befarade att) koddåna sko böri minsk me mjölkningin (Kyrkslätt NL)
    • tom ha minska å:v hⱸmmanän po hä mɷ:dä (Kumlinge ÅL)
    • jⱸ ⱸ tu: som ha mⱸnska ⱺ: pⱸpⱺrkakuna förr mä? (Houtskär ÅB)
    • no: minskast he fo:rt (Terjärv ÖB)
    • i nedan ska all o:hy:rå u:tro:tas, annårs få:r man dåm inga ti minskas (Sibbo NL)
    • strömmiŋsfiʃʃä ha mⱸnska (Brändö ÅL)
    • villbrå:ⱸ ha minska (Tenala NL)
    • hⱸ a minska mytjy mⱸ fiskan i trⱸʃʃⱸ (Sideby ÖB)
    • de minskar (:vattnet sjunker) (Kyrkslätt NL, Korsnäs ÖB)
    • dⱸ minskar åv mⱸ ʃä:ḷⱸna nu: (Eckerö ÅL)
    • hⱸ jy:past ⱸ ba:k (i en skötrad) ⱺ sⱺ mⱸnskar ⱸ ⱺ:v (Houtskär ÅB)