Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

ansvara

be responsible (answerable, liable)

Meaning

be responsible (answerable, liable)

In Swedish: ta ansvar (för), ha ansvaret (för)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ansvara (be responsible)
Infinitive	att ansvara	to be responsible
Present	ansvarar	jag ansvarar
Past	ansvarade	jag ansvarade
Supine	ansvarat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ansvarat	jag har ansvarat
Past perfect	hade ansvarat	jag hade ansvarat
Future	ska ansvara	or: kommer att ansvara
Conditional	skulle ansvara	jag skulle ansvara
Imperative	ansvara!	a command
Present participle	ansvarande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ansvara
Infinitive	ansvaras
Present	ansvaras
Past	ansvarades
Supine	ansvarats

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 ansvarar. See the four verb groups explained.

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ansvara in a sentence

landstinget ansvarar för sjukvården
the county council is responsible for the provision of medical services

Questions

What does ansvara mean in English?

ansvara means “be responsible (answerable, liable)”.

What is the past tense of ansvara?

The past tense of ansvara is ansvarade (“jag ansvarade”). The supine is ansvarat, used in “jag har ansvarat”.

What is the present tense of ansvara?

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

Origin

ansvar + -a

Nearby common words

ansvara is number 4,266 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,262fullständig entire, complete
4,263mental mental
4,264odödlig immortal
4,265mejla to e-mail
4,267tigga beg
4,268stressa stress, put a person under stress
4,269stövel boot
4,270innehåll content(s), substance

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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