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 | fasta |
| Present | fastar |
| Past | fastade |
| Imperative | fasta |
| Supine | fastat |
Verbs conjugated like 'fasta'
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 'fasta'
basta,
fasa,
fasna,
fästa,
fastna,
fastta,
fatta,
festa,
gasta,
hasta,
Translations
fast, to abstain from food
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences
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Han är en blond jätte med långt, vilt skägg, fasta grå ögon och munnen full av snus.
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Gudomligt sedefördärvade kvinnor fingo stundom fasta konturer, då de passerade.
Additional Information
Etymology
1. fsv. fasta, v.; till FAST, adj.
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e fsv. fasta, v., motsv. d.
faste, v., isl. fasta, v., got.
fastan, mnt. vasten, fht. fastēn (t. fasten), eg.: hålla fast vid (vissa religiösa föreskrifter); avledn. av FAST, adj.
1 (jfr d. o. 18). — Jfr FASTINGEN, FASTLAGEN References:
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2. From Old Swedish fasta, from Old Norse fasta, from Proto-Germanic *fastāną. See: Proto-Germanic '
*fastāną'.
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.