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 | övervintra |
| Present | övervintrar |
| Past | övervintrade |
| Imperative | övervintra |
| Supine | övervintrat |
Verbs conjugated like 'övervintra'
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 'övervintra'
övervältra,
övervinna,
överlista,
övervara,
återinta,
återvinna,
avvittra,
erinra,
förvittra,
germinera,
Translations
hibernate, spend winter time in a dormant or inactive state
overwinter, to spend the winter (in a particular place)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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för några år sedan övervintrade en europé hos polareskimåerna, jordens nordligaste folk.
Additional Information
Etymology
över- + vintra, parallel to Danish and Norwegian Bokmål overvintre, comparable to German überwintern, Dutch overwinteren, and English overwinter. See: German, old spelling '
überwintern', Dutch '
overwinteren', English '
overwinter'.
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.