Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

återstå

remain

Meaning

remain

In Swedish: finnas kvar, vara över

Conjugation

Conjugation of återstå (remain)
Infinitive	att återstå	to remain
Present	återstår	jag återstår
Past	återstod	jag återstod
Supine	återstått	used after har / hade
Perfect	har återstått	jag har återstått
Past perfect	hade återstått	jag hade återstått
Future	ska återstå	or: kommer att återstå
Conditional	skulle återstå	jag skulle återstå
Imperative	återstå!	a command
Present participle	återstående	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of återstå
Infinitive	återstås
Present	återstås
Past	återstods
Supine	återståtts

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use återstår. See the four verb groups explained.

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återstå in a sentence

det återstår bara tre dagar till valet
only three days remain until the election
det återstår att se vem som vinner
who is the winner remains to be seen
Det återstår att se om det har någon inverkan
It remains to see if it has any effect
Det återstår endast två stycken
Only two remain

Questions

What does återstå mean in English?

återstå means “remain”.

What is the past tense of återstå?

The past tense of återstå is återstod (“jag återstod”). The supine is återstått, used in “jag har återstått”.

What is the present tense of återstå?

återstår, the same for every person: jag återstår, du återstår, vi återstår.

Similar words

restera

Nearby common words

återstå is number 3,321 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,317kola kick the bucket
3,318rid affective state of mind, while (indeterminate amount of time)
3,319krok hook
3,320november November
3,322organ organ, body
3,323täck pretty, beautiful
3,324balans balance, equilibrium
3,325städer towns

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary