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 | avfärda |
| Present | avfärdar |
| Past | avfärdade |
| Imperative | avfärda |
| Supine | avfärdat |
Verbs conjugated like 'avfärda'
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 'avfärda'
avfärdas,
avfärga,
avgärda,
avhärda,
anfärga,
avbända,
avbärga,
avbörda,
avfälla,
avfärdiga,
Translations
discard, to throw away, reject
dismiss, to dispel
dismiss, to reject, refuse to accept
reject, refuse to accept
snub, to slight, ignore, behave coldly toward
snub, to turn down, dismiss
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Hon avfärdade anklagelserna (She dismissed the accusations)
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Här kunde de en gång hitta allierade i högern, men nu avfärdar migrationsminister Johan Forssell detta engagemang som ”vänsterpolitik”. Det säger mer om hans egen regering än om kyrkorna. (Here they could once find allies on the right, but Minister for Migration Johan Forssell now dismisses this commitment as "leftist policies". That says more about his own government than it does about the churches.) [2026 February 3, Joel Halldorf, “Nej, Ebba Busch förstår inte Bibeln [No, Ebba Busch doesn't understand the Bible]”, in Expressen:]
Additional Information
Etymology
1. jfr FÄRDA samt ä. d. affærde; på bet.-utvecklingen (se särsk. 2) hafva sannol. orden FÄRD, AFFÄRD, AFFÄRDAS, dep., inverkat References:
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2. av- (“off”) + färda (“tour”)
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.