Swedish verb· top 500 most common

anta

assume, suppose, adopt, presume

Meaning

assume; suppose; adopt; presume; accept; admit; appoint; engage

In Swedish: tänka sig, förmoda

Conjugation

Conjugation of anta (assume)
Infinitive	att anta	to assume
Present	antar	jag antar
Past	antog	jag antog
Supine	antagit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har antagit	jag har antagit
Past perfect	hade antagit	jag hade antagit
Future	ska anta	or: kommer att anta
Conditional	skulle anta	jag skulle anta
Imperative	anta!	a command
Present participle	antagande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	antagen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of anta
Infinitive	antas
Present	antas
Past	antogs
Supine	antagits

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 antar. See the four verb groups explained.

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anta in a sentence

Låt oss anta att oljan tar slut -- vad gör vi då?
Let's suppose that we run out of oil -- what would we do then?
bara tre av de sökande blev antagna till utbildningen
only three of the applicants were accepted for the course
anta en grönare färgton
take on a greener cast
Anta att X är tre. Då är noll gånger X lika med noll.
Assume that X is three. Then zero times X equals zero.
Det kommer rök ur kaffebryggaren, så jag antar att det är dags att köpa en ny
There's smoke coming out of the coffee maker, so I guess it's time to buy a new one
Schackspelaren antog erbjudandet om remi efter att ha funderat på det
The chess player accepted the offer of a draw after having thought about it
Jag har blivit antagen till Harvard!
I've been accepted to Harvard!

Expressions

ett antaget namn
an assumed name

Questions

What does anta mean in English?

anta means “assume, suppose”.

What is the past tense of anta?

The past tense of anta is antog (“jag antog”). The supine is antagit, used in “jag har antagit”.

What is the present tense of anta?

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

Similar words

förutsättaantaga

Origin

Apocopic form of antaga, calqued from Middle Low German annemen or German annehmen.

Nearby common words

anta is number 487 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

483dödad killed
484mor mother
485ring ring
486klar clear, bright, obvious
488bakom behind, at the rear (back)
489eftersom because, seeing that, since, as, because
490stämma agree, correspond, tally, tune
491idiot idiot

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