Swedish verb

arta

shape up, come along (develop in a certain direction)

Meaning

shape up, come along (develop in a certain direction)

Conjugation

Conjugation of arta (shape up)
Infinitive	att arta	to shape up
Present	artar	jag artar
Past	artade	jag artade
Supine	artat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har artat	jag har artat
Past perfect	hade artat	jag hade artat
Future	ska arta	or: kommer att arta
Conditional	skulle arta	jag skulle arta
Imperative	arta!	a command
Present participle	artande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of arta
Infinitive	artas
Present	artas
Past	artades
Supine	artats

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 artar. See the four verb groups explained.

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arta in a sentence

det börjar arta sig
things are starting to shape up

Questions

What does arta mean in English?

arta means “shape up, come along (develop in a certain direction)”.

What is the past tense of arta?

The past tense of arta is artade (“jag artade”). The supine is artat, used in “jag har artat”.

What is the present tense of arta?

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

Origin

Borrowed from German arten.

Nearby common words

arta is number 8,895 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,891ingendera neither
8,892volontär volunteer
8,893trappsteg steps
8,894simulera feign, sham
8,896fajt a fight often in sports or of an argument
8,897dna-prov alternative spelling of DNA-prov
8,898kremera to cremate (incinerate a body)
8,899förhålla relate to

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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