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 | streta |
| Present | stretar |
| Past | stretade |
| Imperative | streta |
| Supine | stretat |
Verbs conjugated like 'streta'
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 'streta'
spreta,
strepa,
strota,
företa,
kreta,
reta,
skreda,
skrena,
skreva,
skrota,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Hästen stretade emot för att den inte ville tillbaks in i stallet (The horse was putting up a fight because it didn't want to go back in the stable)
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Alla var inte lika förtjusta i stavningsreformen, och vissa tidningar stretade emot i många år (Not everyone was as enamored with the spelling reform, and some papers resisted for many years)
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De stretade på åkern varje dag (They toiled in the field every day)
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Håret stretade åt alla håll (Her hair was sticking out in all directions)
Additional Information
Etymology
sv. dial. streta, strita, äv. stretas, stritas, v. dep.: streta, trängas, motsv. dels d. dial. strede, streta emot, fvn. streitast, anstränga sig (nor. dial. streita), dels (med avljud) d.
stritte, fvn. strita, dra med möda, stritast, anstränga sig (nor. dial strita, anstränga sig), till den rot som föreligger i STRIDA. — Jfr STRET, sbst.
2, STRETA, sbst., -STRETA, STRETE, sbst.
1, STRITA, v.
1, STRITTA, v.
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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.