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 | kretsa |
| Present | kretsar |
| Past | kretsade |
| Imperative | kretsa |
| Supine | kretsat |
Verbs conjugated like 'kretsa'
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 'kretsa'
kratsa,
kreta,
betsa,
etsa,
hetsa,
kesa,
kleta,
krafsa,
kransa,
krasa,
Translations
circle, travel in circles
revolve, to orbit a central point
Additional Information
kretsa röra sig runt (något) (även bildligt)
[A/x kretsar (kring B/y)]
Engelsk översättning
revolve (around)
Exempel
debatten kretsade kring lönepolitiken---the debate revolved around wage
policies
månen kretsar runt jorden---the Moon orbits the Earth
Etymology
1. jfr d.
kredse, t.
kreisen; avledn. av KRETS, sbst.
1 References:
1 2
2. From krets + -a. Cognate of Danish kredse, German kreisen. See: Danish '
kredse', German, old spelling '
kreisen'.
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.