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 | förminska |
| Present | förminskar |
| Past | förminskade |
| Imperative | förminska |
| Supine | förminskat |
Verbs conjugated like 'förminska'
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 'förminska'
förfinska,
fördanska,
förmindra,
försinka,
förvanska,
förzinka,
avminska,
förälska,
förbaska,
förbinda,
Translations
zoom, to manipulate a display so as to magnify or shrink it
dwarf, to render smaller, turn into a dwarf
dwarf, to make appear much smaller
attenuate, To reduce
belittle, to knowingly say that something is smaller or less important than it actually is
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Han förminskade texten (He reduced the size of the text)
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Befolkningen förminskades (The population was reduced)
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Det förminskar inte din skönhet (It does not diminish your beauty)
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Han kände att de förminskade honom (He felt they were diminishing him)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. forminzka; jfr d.
formindske; till FÖR-
II B o. MINSKA References:
1
2. för- + minska (“decrease”)
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.