Swedish verb

återta

retake, regain

Meaning

retake; regain

Conjugation

Conjugation of återta (retake)
Infinitive	att återta	to retake
Present	återtar	jag återtar
Past	återtog	jag återtog
Supine	återtagit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har återtagit	jag har återtagit
Past perfect	hade återtagit	jag hade återtagit
Future	ska återta	or: kommer att återta
Conditional	skulle återta	jag skulle återta
Imperative	återta!	a command
Present participle	återtagande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	återtagen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of återta
Infinitive	återtas
Present	återtas
Past	återtogs
Supine	återtagits

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 återtar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise återta

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Yesterday I … (återta). Which is the past tense?

återta in a sentence

Han återtog ledningen
He took back the lead
Jag måste återta tronen
I have to reclaim the throne

Questions

What does återta mean in English?

återta means “retake, regain”.

What is the past tense of återta?

The past tense of återta is återtog (“jag återtog”). The supine is återtagit, used in “jag har återtagit”.

What is the present tense of återta?

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

Origin

åter (“again”) + ta (“take”)

Nearby common words

återta is number 6,178 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,173bataljon battalion
6,175boxning boxing
6,176uppvisning display
6,177hjärtslag heartbeat, heart attack
6,179uttryckt expressed, expression
6,180socialt socially
6,181kansler chancellor
6,182utkant outskirts

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