sovra – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of sovra

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

Infinitivesovra
Presentsovrar
Pastsovrade
Imperativesovra
Supinesovrat

Translations

Synonyms & Antonyms

Sample Sentences

  • sovra bland informationen (sift through the information)
  • sovra i materialet (sift through the material)
  • sovra bland anbuden (winnow down the list of offers)

Additional Information

Etymology

1. sv. dial. sövra (med lång l. kort stamvokal), såvrings-, såfrings-, ssgsförled (Malmberget; uttalet med -f- uppges vara det gängse); sannol. av ett t. dial. sovern (jfr t. säubern, lt. suvern, süvern, samt SIVRA), avledn. av det adj. som föreligger i t. sauber (se SAUBER) References: 1
2. From Middle Low German süvern, sovern, suvern (“to clean”) or a related form, cognate with German säubern. See: German, old spelling 'säubern'.

Cognates

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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: sovrande

Indicative

Present

jagsovrar
dusovrar
han;honsovrar
visovra
nisovra
desovra

Perfect

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

Past

jagsovrade
dusovrade
han;honsovrade
visovrade
nisovrade
desovrade

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

dusovra
viLåt oss sovra
nisovra

Swedish Dialects of Finland