tvinga – Swedish verb conjugation

Swedish verb forms of tvinga

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

Infinitivetvinga
Presenttvingar
Pasttvingade; tvang
Imperativetvinga
Supinetvingat; tvungit

Translations

  • compel, force, constrain or coerce
  • force, compel (someone to do something)
  • shoehorn, to use a shoehorn
  • wring, to obtain by force

    • Synonyms & Antonyms

    Synonyms

    betvinga
    undertrycka
    nödga
    förmå, ansätta, driva, pressa, truga, nödsaka

    Sample Sentences

    • Jag vet icke, vilken makt som just nu tvingar mig att berätta en hemsk historia från havet härutanför.

    Additional Information

    Etymology

    1. fsv. þvinga; jfr fd. thwingæ (d. tvinge), fvn. þvinga (isl. þvinga, nor. nn. tvinge), fht. dwingan (t. zwingen); sannol. av mlt. dwingen, av fsax. thwingan, av ovisst ursprung. — Jfr SVINGEL, sbst.4, TUNG, TVING, TVINGARE, sbst.2, TVINGRÖK, TVUNGEN, TVÅNG, TVÄNG, sbst.1, 2 References: 1
    2. From Old Swedish þvinga, from Old Norse þvinga, from Proto-Germanic *þwinganą. Related to Proto-Germanic *þwangiz (“pressure, restraint, clamp, strap”). Cognates: see zwingen. See: Old Swedish 'þvinga'.

    Verbs referencing "tvinga"

    German, old spelling zwingen, Danish tvinge, Proto-Finnic tunkëdak.

    Cognates

    See the 5 cognates of tvinga

    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: tvingande

    Indicative

    Present

    jagtvingar
    dutvingar
    han;hontvingar
    vitvinga
    nitvinga
    detvinga

    Perfect

    jaghar tvingat; tvungit
    duhar tvingat; tvungit
    han;honhar tvingat; tvungit
    viha tvingat; tvungit
    niha tvingat; tvungit
    deha tvingat; tvungit

    Past

    jagtvingade; tvang
    dutvingade; tvang
    han;hontvingade; tvang
    vitvingade; tvang
    nitvingade; tvang
    detvingade; tvang

    Pluperfect

    jaghade tvingat; tvungit
    duhade tvingat; tvungit
    han;honhade tvingat; tvungit
    vihade tvingat; tvungit
    nihade tvingat; tvungit
    dehade tvingat; tvungit

    Future

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

    Future Perfect

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

    Conjunctive

    Present

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

    Perfect

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

    Past

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

    Pluperfect

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

    Conditional

    Present

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

    Perfect

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

    Imperative

    dutvinga
    viLåt oss tvinga
    nitvinga

    Swedish Dialects of Finland