serva – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of serva

Modern Swedish

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

Infinitiveserva
Presentservar
Pastservade
Imperativeserva
Supineservat

Translations

  • serve, to work for
  • serve, sports: to lead off with first delivery (of the ball)
  • service, to perform maintenance
  • Synonyms & Antonyms

    Sample Sentences

    Additional Information

    Etymology

    1. liksom d. serve av eng. serve, tjäna, serva (se SERVERA, v.1). — Jfr SARVA, SERVE
    2. bildat till SERVICE, sbst.1 References: 1 2 3

    Cognates

    -

    Swedish AD ~1900

    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.

    Gerund: servande

    Indicative

    Present

    jagservar
    duservar
    han;honservar
    viserva
    niserva
    deserva

    Perfect

    jaghar servat
    duhar servat
    han;honhar servat
    viha servat
    niha servat
    deha servat

    Past

    jagservade
    duservade
    han;honservade
    viservade
    niservade
    deservade

    Pluperfect

    jaghade servat
    duhade servat
    han;honhade servat
    vihade servat
    nihade servat
    dehade servat

    Future

    jagskulle serva
    duskulle serva
    han;honskulle serva
    viskola serva
    niskola serva
    deskola serva

    Future Perfect

    jagskulle ha(va) servat
    duskulle ha(va) servat
    han;honskulle ha(va) servat
    viskola ha(va) servat
    niskola ha(va) servat
    deskola ha(va) servat

    Conjunctive

    Present

    jagmå serva
    dumå serva
    han;honmå serva
    vimå serva
    nimå serva
    demå serva

    Perfect

    jagmå ha(va) servat
    dumå ha(va) servat
    han;honmå ha(va) servat
    vimå ha(va) servat
    nimå ha(va) servat
    demå ha(va) servat

    Past

    jagskulle serva
    duskulle serva
    han;honskulle serva
    viskulle serva
    niskulle serva
    deskulle serva

    Pluperfect

    jagskulle ha(va) servat
    duskulle ha(va) servat
    han;honskulle ha(va) servat
    viskulle ha(va) servat
    niskulle ha(va) servat
    deskulle ha(va) servat

    Conditional

    Present

    jagskulle serva
    duskulle serva
    han;honskulle serva
    viskulle serva
    niskulle serva
    deskulle serva

    Perfect

    jagskulle ha(va) servat
    duskulle ha(va) servat
    han;honskulle ha(va) servat
    viskulle ha(va) servat
    niskulle ha(va) servat
    deskulle ha(va) servat

    Imperative

    duserva
    viLåt oss serva
    niserva

    Swedish Dialects of Finland