avsätta
Meaning
leave marks (traces); remove from office; dismiss; earmark; set aside; allocate
In Swedish: åstadkomma
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att avsätta | to leave marks |
|---|---|---|
| Present | avsätter | jag avsätter |
| Past | avsatte | jag avsatte |
| Supine | avsatt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har avsatt | jag har avsatt |
| Past perfect | hade avsatt | jag hade avsatt |
| Future | ska avsätta | or: kommer att avsätta |
| Conditional | skulle avsätta | jag skulle avsätta |
| Imperative | avsätt! | a command |
| Present participle | avsättande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | avsatt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | avsättas |
|---|---|
| Present | avsätts |
| Past | avsattes |
| Supine | avsatts |
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 avsätter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise avsätta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (avsätta). Which is the past tense?
avsätta in a sentence
- investeringarna har börjat avsätta resultatthe investments have begun to produce results
- avsätta kapitalallocate capital
Questions
What does avsätta mean in English?
avsätta means “leave marks (traces), remove from office”.
What is the past tense of avsätta?
The past tense of avsätta is avsatte (“jag avsatte”). The supine is avsatt, used in “jag har avsatt”.
What is the present tense of avsätta?
avsätter, the same for every person: jag avsätter, du avsätter, vi avsätter.
Origin
From av- + sätta.
Nearby common words
avsätta is number 9,693 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,689kvadrant quadrant, quadrant; one of the four parts of an area obtained by two perpendicular lines; in particular of the x- and y-axes.
- 9,690krigshjälte war hero
- 9,691återföda to rebirth, to revive, to bring back to life
- 9,692övergå to exceed, to surpass, to pass (over something)
- 9,694gåtfull enigmatic, inscrutable, secretive, mysterious
- 9,695toffel slipper
- 9,696ödemark desolate wilderness, wasteland
- 9,697gammalmodig old-fashioned, dated
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