Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

ansöka

apply for

Meaning

apply for

In Swedish: (skriftligt) begära

Conjugation

Conjugation of ansöka (apply for)
Infinitive	att ansöka	to apply for
Present	ansöker	jag ansöker
Past	ansökte	jag ansökte
Supine	ansökt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ansökt	jag har ansökt
Past perfect	hade ansökt	jag hade ansökt
Future	ska ansöka	or: kommer att ansöka
Conditional	skulle ansöka	jag skulle ansöka
Imperative	ansök!	a command
Present participle	ansökande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ansökt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ansöka
Infinitive	ansökas
Present	ansöks
Past	ansöktes
Supine	ansökts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use ansöker. See the four verb groups explained.

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ansöka in a sentence

ansöka om medborgarskap
apply for citizenship

Questions

What does ansöka mean in English?

ansöka means “apply for”.

What is the past tense of ansöka?

The past tense of ansöka is ansökte (“jag ansökte”). The supine is ansökt, used in “jag har ansökt”.

What is the present tense of ansöka?

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

Origin

an + söka

Nearby common words

ansöka is number 4,381 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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4,380fiskare fisherman
4,382vetskap knowledge
4,383motorväg a freeway (US), a motorway (UK)
4,384drama drama
4,385hyrd rented

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary