Swedish verb

avliva

destroy, put away, put to death

Meaning

destroy; put away; put to death

In Swedish: döda

Conjugation

Conjugation of avliva (destroy)
Infinitive	att avliva	to destroy
Present	avlivar	jag avlivar
Past	avlivade	jag avlivade
Supine	avlivat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har avlivat	jag har avlivat
Past perfect	hade avlivat	jag hade avlivat
Future	ska avliva	or: kommer att avliva
Conditional	skulle avliva	jag skulle avliva
Imperative	avliva!	a command
Present participle	avlivande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	avlivad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of avliva
Infinitive	avlivas
Present	avlivas
Past	avlivades
Supine	avlivats

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 avlivar. See the four verb groups explained.

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avliva in a sentence

avliva ett rykte
deny a rumour
hästen måste avlivas
the horse will have to be put down
De fick avliva sin hund
They had to put down their dog
att avliva en myt
to put an end to a myth

Questions

What does avliva mean in English?

avliva means “destroy, put away”.

What is the past tense of avliva?

The past tense of avliva is avlivade (“jag avlivade”). The supine is avlivat, used in “jag har avlivat”.

What is the present tense of avliva?

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

Similar words

dödaha ihjäl

Origin

From Old Swedish afliva (also spelled as aflifva, earliest attested in 16th century).

Nearby common words

avliva is number 6,921 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,917osams fall out, at loggerheads
6,918sortera sort, classify
6,919enhörning unicorn, a unicorn
6,920rutt route
6,922raseri fury
6,923tomhänt empty-handed
6,924själviska selfish
6,925gnida scrape, rub

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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