Swedish verb

ömma

be tender, sore, feel compassion for, sympathize withAlso the plural of öm.

Meaning

be tender, sore; feel compassion for; sympathize with

In Swedish: vara öm, göra ont

Conjugation

Conjugation of ömma (be tender)
Infinitive	att ömma	to be tender
Present	ömmar	jag ömmar
Past	ömmade	jag ömmade
Supine	ömmat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ömmat	jag har ömmat
Past perfect	hade ömmat	jag hade ömmat
Future	ska ömma	or: kommer att ömma
Conditional	skulle ömma	jag skulle ömma
Imperative	ömma!	a command
Present participle	ömmande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ömma
Infinitive	ömmas
Present	ömmas
Past	ömmades
Supine	ömmats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use ömmar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

ömma in a sentence

Min tumme ömmar.
My thumb is sore.
Min mamma ömmar innerligt för de hemlösa och volonterar i ett soppkök varje fredag.
My mom feels deeply for the homeless and volunteers in a soup kitchen every Friday.

Expressions

ett ömmande fall
a distressing case

Questions

What does ömma mean in English?

ömma means “be tender, sore, feel compassion for”.

What is the past tense of ömma?

The past tense of ömma is ömmade (“jag ömmade”). The supine is ömmat, used in “jag har ömmat”.

What is the present tense of ömma?

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

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish øma, equivalent to öm (“sore, tender”) + -a.

Nearby common words

ömma is number 8,437 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,433säkerhetsåtgärd security measure
8,434öda to waste, to spend in vain, often used about time
8,435dög did, was adequate
8,436kåta [Lapp] cot
8,438käring old woman, wife
8,439fördröja detain, delay
8,440hedervärd honorable
8,441köa queue

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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