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anklaga

accuse

Meaning

accuse

In Swedish: beskylla; åtala

Conjugation

Conjugation of anklaga (accuse)
Infinitive	att anklaga	to accuse
Present	anklagar	jag anklagar
Past	anklagade	jag anklagade
Supine	anklagat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har anklagat	jag har anklagat
Past perfect	hade anklagat	jag hade anklagat
Future	ska anklaga	or: kommer att anklaga
Conditional	skulle anklaga	jag skulle anklaga
Imperative	anklaga!	a command
Present participle	anklagande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	anklagad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of anklaga
Infinitive	anklagas
Present	anklagas
Past	anklagades
Supine	anklagats

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 anklagar. See the four verb groups explained.

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anklaga in a sentence

anklagas för mord
be charged with murder
den anklagade
the accused
han anklagades för att ha stulit en bil
he was accused of having stolen a car

Questions

What does anklaga mean in English?

anklaga means “accuse”.

What is the past tense of anklaga?

The past tense of anklaga is anklagade (“jag anklagade”). The supine is anklagat, used in “jag har anklagat”.

What is the present tense of anklaga?

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

Similar words

beskylla

Origin

an- + klaga

Nearby common words

anklaga is number 1,779 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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1,777knäpp nuts
1,778trygg secure, safe
1,780drack drank
1,781frankrike france
1,782tysta silence
1,783vild wild

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