skura – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of skura

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

Infinitiveskura
Presentskurar
Pastskurade
Imperativeskura
Supineskurat

Translations

  • scour, to clean, polish, or wash something by rubbing and scrubbing it vigorously

    • Synonyms & Antonyms

    Sample Sentences

    • ett skurat golv (a scrubbed floor)
    • Hans jobb var att skura toaletter (His job was to scrub toilets)

    Additional Information

    Etymology

    1. sv. dial. skura; till SKUR, sbst.3, o. SKURA, sbst.4 — Jfr SKÅRA, skära fsv. skura; jfr d. skure, nor. dial. skura, mlt. schǖren, mht. schiuren, schūren (t. scheuern, t. dial. schuren), mnl. o. holl. schuren; möjl. i avljudsförh. till fvn. skora, gnaga, mht. schorn, skrapa samman, sopa, feng. scorian, avslå (anbud), till den rot som föreligger i sanskr. skunōti, sliter, petar. — Jfr SKRUPENS, SKUR, sbst.2, SKURA, v.4, SKURIGLA sv. dial. (Gotl.) skura; jfr ä. d. skure bort, skura bort; möjl. eg. bildl. anv. av SKURA, v.3, med tanke på att tjäran vid vräkningen renades gm att medföljande vatten slogs bort References: 1 2 3 4
    2. Probably from Old French escurer. Cognate of English scour, Danish skure, Norwegian Nynorsk skura, Dutch schuren, German scheuern. Possibly related to German schüren, Old English sċorian. See: English 'scour', Danish 'skure', Norwegian, nynorsk 'skura', Dutch 'schuren', German, old spelling 'scheuern', German, old spelling 'schüren'.

    Verbs referencing "skura"

    English scour, Finnish with old forms kuurata.

    Cognates

    See the 6 cognates of skura

    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: skurande

    Indicative

    Present

    jagskurar
    duskurar
    han;honskurar
    viskura
    niskura
    deskura

    Perfect

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

    Past

    jagskurade
    duskurade
    han;honskurade
    viskurade
    niskurade
    deskurade

    Pluperfect

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

    Future

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

    Future Perfect

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

    Conjunctive

    Present

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

    Perfect

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

    Past

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

    Pluperfect

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

    Conditional

    Present

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

    Perfect

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

    Imperative

    duskura
    viLåt oss skura
    niskura

    Swedish Dialects of Finland