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 | byta |
| Present | byter |
| Past | bytte |
| Imperative | byt |
| Supine | bytt |
Verbs similar to 'byta'
båta,
beta,
bita,
bota,
böta,
bryta,
byka,
ryta,
akta,
äkta,
Additional Information
byta ge (något) och få (något annat istället); (ut)växla
[A byter x (mot y)]
Engelsk översättning
exchange; change
Exempel
vill du byta plats med mig?---would you mind changing places with
me?
det är skönt att byta miljö på semestern---what's great about holidays is that you get a change of scene, (scenery US)
han fick byta ut hela fönstret---he had to change the entire window
de bytte upp sig
till en bättre lägenhet---they exchanged their flat for a better one
Etymology
1. fsv. byta, med svag böjning (bytte l. bytade); jfr d.
bytte, isl. býta; af mnt. buten, trol. samhörigt med BUT, del, stycke; delvis annorlunda
Tamm References: 1
2. From Old Norse býta, from Middle Low German būten, of uncertain ultimate origin; possibly a Celtic borrowing, from Proto-Celtic *boudi (“victory, booty, spoils”). If so, related to the name of Boudica, a British Celtic queen.
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.