Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

ange

indicate, state, mention, report/ˈanˌjeː/

Meaning

indicate; state; mention; report; give (lay) information

In Swedish: meddela, uppge

Conjugation

Conjugation of ange (indicate)
Infinitive	att ange	to indicate
Present	anger	jag anger
Past	angav	jag angav
Supine	angett	used after har / hade
Perfect	har angett	jag har angett
Past perfect	hade angett	jag hade angett
Future	ska ange	or: kommer att ange
Conditional	skulle ange	jag skulle ange
Imperative	ange!	a command
Present participle	angivande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	angiven	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ange
Infinitive	anges
Present	angs
Past	angavs
Supine	angetts

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 anger. See the four verb groups explained.

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

ange in a sentence

han angav som skäl att han hade varit sjuk
the reason he gave was that he had been ill
ange bruttolönen under innevarande år
state your gross salary for the current year
det angivna beloppet
the amount indicated
för att inte bli skjuten angav han sina kamrater
to avoid being shot, he betrayed his comrades

Questions

What does ange mean in English?

ange means “indicate, state”.

What is the past tense of ange?

The past tense of ange is angav (“jag angav”). The supine is angett, used in “jag har angett”.

What is the present tense of ange?

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

Similar words

nämna

Origin

an- + ge, shortened form of angiva, from German angeben

Nearby common words

ange is number 3,581 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,577diskussion discussion, debate
3,578missil missile
3,579passande fitting
3,580möbel piece of furniture
3,582vänligt friendly
3,583producera produce
3,584möjligen possibly
3,585oväntat unexpectedly

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