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 | gira |
| Present | girar |
| Past | girade |
| Imperative | gira |
| Supine | girat |
Verbs conjugated like 'gira'
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 'gira'
fira,
gara,
gera,
giga,
gina,
gipa,
giva,
glira,
göra,
hira,
Translations
swerve, to turn aside or deviate to avoid impact
turn, to change one's direction of travel
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Bilen girade för cyklisten (The car swerved to avoid hitting the cyclist)
Additional Information
Etymology
1. liksom d. gire, t. gieren, av nt. giren l. av holl.
gieren, sidoform till geeren, motsv. nor. geira, gå snedt References:
1 2
2. Borrowed from Dutch gieren (“to yaw”) or Low German giren. First attested in 1690.
3. Cognate of German gieren (“to yaw”), Danish gire, and Norwegian geira (“go wrong”). See: Dutch '
gieren', Low Saxon 'giren', German, old spelling '
gieren', Danish '
gire'.
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.