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avgöra

conclude, settle, decide/²ɑːvˌjøːra/

Meaning

conclude; settle; decide

In Swedish: bestämma, fälla utslag

Conjugation

Conjugation of avgöra (conclude)
Infinitive	att avgöra	to conclude
Present	avgör	jag avgör
Past	avgjorde	jag avgjorde
Supine	avgjort	used after har / hade
Perfect	har avgjort	jag har avgjort
Past perfect	hade avgjort	jag hade avgjort
Future	ska avgöra	or: kommer att avgöra
Conditional	skulle avgöra	jag skulle avgöra
Imperative	avgör!	a command
Present participle	avgörande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	avgjord	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of avgöra
Infinitive	avgöras
Present	avgörs
Past	avgjordes
Supine	avgjorts

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 avgör. See the four verb groups explained.

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avgöra in a sentence

det är svårt att avgöra vem som har rätt
it is hard to decide who is right
du får avgöra om vi ska åka
you decide whether we should go
slumpen avgjorde frågan
the matter was settled by chance
Och hon avgör i den 90:e minuten!
And she scores the decider in the 90th minute!

Questions

What does avgöra mean in English?

avgöra means “conclude, settle”.

What is the past tense of avgöra?

The past tense of avgöra is avgjorde (“jag avgjorde”). The supine is avgjort, used in “jag har avgjort”.

What is the present tense of avgöra?

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

Similar words

beslutafastslåklubba

Origin

From av- + göra.

Nearby common words

avgöra is number 1,643 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,639red rode
1,640oliv olive
1,641klocka clock, watch
1,642japp yep, yup (affirmative answer)
1,644störa interrupt
1,645misstänka suspect
1,646loss loose
1,647bro bridge

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