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 | stava |
| Present | stavar |
| Past | stavade |
| Imperative | stava |
| Supine | stavat |
Verbs conjugated like 'stava'
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 'stava'
sava,
sjava,
skava,
slava,
snava,
staga,
staka,
stäva,
stavla,
stuva,
Translations
spell, to write or say the letters that form a word
spell, to compose a word
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- bokstavera
- ljuda
Sample Sentences
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Hur stavar du ditt förnamn? (How do you spell your first name?)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. stava, stava, förestava; jfr fd. staffwe (d. stave), fvn. stafa, båda: stava, förestava, nor. dial. stava, stava, mlt. staven, ffris. staven, mht. staben, feng. stafian, alla: förestava; jfr äv. mlt. bōkstaven, bokstavera; avledn. av STAV, sbst.
2 (jfr STAVA, v.
1). — Jfr STAVERA References:
1 2
2. From Old Swedish stava, from Old Norse stafa, equivalent to stav (“letter”) + -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.