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angripa

attack

Meaning

attack

In Swedish: anfalla, ge sig på; skada

Conjugation

Conjugation of angripa (attack)
Infinitive	att angripa	to attack
Present	angriper	jag angriper
Past	angrep	jag angrep
Supine	angripit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har angripit	jag har angripit
Past perfect	hade angripit	jag hade angripit
Future	ska angripa	or: kommer att angripa
Conditional	skulle angripa	jag skulle angripa
Imperative	angrip!	a command
Present participle	angripande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	angripen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of angripa
Infinitive	angripas
Present	angrips
Past	angreps
Supine	angripits

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 angriper. See the four verb groups explained.

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angripa in a sentence

centern angrep folkpartiet i skattefrågan
the Centre Party took the Liberals to task over the tax issue
bilen var angripen av rost
the car was heavily rusted
Hon angrep honom med kniv
She attacked him with a knife
ett personligt angrepp
a personal attack
Dörren är angripen av rost
The door is affected by rust

Questions

What does angripa mean in English?

angripa means “attack”.

What is the past tense of angripa?

The past tense of angripa is angrep (“jag angrep”). The supine is angripit, used in “jag har angripit”.

What is the present tense of angripa?

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

Similar words

anfallaattackeraöverfallastorma

Origin

an- + gripa

Nearby common words

angripa is number 3,398 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,394analysera analyze (US), analyse
3,395hjälm helmet
3,396organisera organize
3,397mått measure, measurement
3,399judisk Jewish
3,400billigt cheaply, cheap
3,401distrahera disturb, distract
3,402odla cultivate, grow

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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