avtjäna
Meaning
serve (a sentence), do time
In Swedish: sitta av
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att avtjäna | to serve |
|---|---|---|
| Present | avtjänar | jag avtjänar |
| Past | avtjänade | jag avtjänade |
| Supine | avtjänat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har avtjänat | jag har avtjänat |
| Past perfect | hade avtjänat | jag hade avtjänat |
| Future | ska avtjäna | or: kommer att avtjäna |
| Conditional | skulle avtjäna | jag skulle avtjäna |
| Imperative | avtjäna! | a command |
| Present participle | avtjänande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | avtjänad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | avtjänas |
|---|---|
| Present | avtjänas |
| Past | avtjänades |
| Supine | avtjänats |
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 avtjänar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise avtjäna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (avtjäna). Which is the past tense?
avtjäna in a sentence
- avtjäna ett fängelsestraffserve a prison sentence
Questions
What does avtjäna mean in English?
avtjäna means “serve (a sentence), do time”.
What is the past tense of avtjäna?
The past tense of avtjäna is avtjänade (“jag avtjänade”). The supine is avtjänat, used in “jag har avtjänat”.
What is the present tense of avtjäna?
avtjänar, the same for every person: jag avtjänar, du avtjänar, vi avtjänar.
Origin
From av- + tjäna.
Nearby common words
avtjäna is number 7,465 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,461hjärnskada brain-damage, brain damage, brain injury
- 7,462födelsedagsfest a birthday party
- 7,463psykfall a psycho, a nut job
- 7,464tryta run (give) out
- 7,466kompromiss compromise
- 7,467tröskel threshold
- 7,468trovärdighet credibly
- 7,469förintelse holocaust
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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