Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

aktivera

activate, make active

Meaning

activate; make active

In Swedish: göra verksam; få fart på

Conjugation

Conjugation of aktivera (activate)
Infinitive	att aktivera	to activate
Present	aktiverar	jag aktiverar
Past	aktiverade	jag aktiverade
Supine	aktiverat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har aktiverat	jag har aktiverat
Past perfect	hade aktiverat	jag hade aktiverat
Future	ska aktivera	or: kommer att aktivera
Conditional	skulle aktivera	jag skulle aktivera
Imperative	aktivera!	a command
Present participle	aktiverande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	aktiverad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of aktivera
Infinitive	aktiveras
Present	aktiveras
Past	aktiverades
Supine	aktiverats

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 aktiverar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

aktivera in a sentence

aktivera barnen i skolan
activate the children at school

Questions

What does aktivera mean in English?

aktivera means “activate, make active”.

What is the past tense of aktivera?

The past tense of aktivera is aktiverade (“jag aktiverade”). The supine is aktiverat, used in “jag har aktiverat”.

What is the present tense of aktivera?

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

Origin

aktiv + -era

Nearby common words

aktivera is number 2,586 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,582lasta load, blame
2,583junior junior
2,584förbanna curse
2,585barnbarn a grandchild (the child of one's child)
2,587trubbel trouble
2,588kämpe fighter
2,589meningslös meaningless
2,590osynlig invisible

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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