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 | återfinna |
| Present | återfinner |
| Past | återfann |
| Imperative | återfinn |
| Supine | återfunnit |
Verbs conjugated like 'återfinna'
anbinda,
ansticka,
avbinda,
avdricka,
avpricka,
avrinna,
avsitta,
avspricka,
avspringa,
avsticka,
avvinna,
bakbinda,
bebinda,
befinna,
befinnas,
besitta,
bespringa,
binda,
bispringa,
bortrinna, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'återfinna'
återvinna,
återinta,
erfinna,
återbilda,
återfalla,
återföra,
återförena,
återgiva,
återklinga,
återlämna,
Translations
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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[Professorn], som återfunnit sin förlorade ungdom, satte sig i spetsen och sjöng. (The professor, who had refound his lost youth, took the lead and sang.) [1887, August Strindberg, Hemsöborna [The People of Hemsö], Albert Bonniers förlag, accessed at Litteraturbanken.se, courtesy of Lunds universitetsbibliotek, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2025:]
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Min son var död och lever igen, han var förlorad och är återfunnen. (My son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.) [2000, 1973 års bibelkommission, “Lukasevangeliet [Luke] 15:24”, in Bibel 2000, © Svenska Bibelsällskapet, accessed at Bible.com, archived from the original on 23 Sep 2025:]
Additional Information
Etymology
From Old Swedish aterfinna, equivalent to åter + finna.
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.