ödelägga
Meaning
ravage; lay waste; destroy
In Swedish: förstöra grundligt (så att ingen kan bo kvar)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att ödelägga | to ravage |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ödelägger | jag ödelägger |
| Past | ödelade | jag ödelade |
| Supine | ödelagt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har ödelagt | jag har ödelagt |
| Past perfect | hade ödelagt | jag hade ödelagt |
| Future | ska ödelägga | or: kommer att ödelägga |
| Conditional | skulle ödelägga | jag skulle ödelägga |
| Imperative | ödelägg! | a command |
| Present participle | ödeläggande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | ödelagd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | ödeläggas |
|---|---|
| Present | ödeläggs |
| Past | ödelades |
| Supine | ödelagts |
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 ödelägger. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise ödelägga
1 / 2Yesterday I … (ödelägga). Which is the past tense?
ödelägga in a sentence
- staden ödelades av en jordbävningthe town was destroyed (devastated) by an earthquake
- Vi kommer ödelägga deras städerWe will lay waste to their cities
- ödelägga någons livruin someone's life
Questions
What does ödelägga mean in English?
ödelägga means “ravage, lay waste”.
What is the past tense of ödelägga?
The past tense of ödelägga is ödelade (“jag ödelade”). The supine is ödelagt, used in “jag har ödelagt”.
What is the present tense of ödelägga?
ödelägger, the same for every person: jag ödelägger, du ödelägger, vi ödelägger.
Similar words
Origin
öde (“desolate”) + lägga (“lay”).
Nearby common words
ödelägga is number 6,431 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,427kretsa revolve (around)
- 6,428pytteliten tiny, very small
- 6,429deadline deadline
- 6,430prima first-rate
- 6,432enskild regarded separately (from the group or the like to which it belongs); individual, separate, single, etc., apart from others; individual, separate, private, one-on-one, etc.
- 6,433bugga to bug, to bug out (experience bugs, of a (software) system), to bug (fit or record with covert (audio) recording equipment)
- 6,434ljuvlig lovely, delightful
- 6,435ögonbryn eyebrow (hair that grows over the bone ridge above the eye socket)
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