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avvakta

await

Meaning

await

In Swedish: vänta (på)

Conjugation

Conjugation of avvakta (await)
Infinitive	att avvakta	to await
Present	avvaktar	jag avvaktar
Past	avvaktade	jag avvaktade
Supine	avvaktat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har avvaktat	jag har avvaktat
Past perfect	hade avvaktat	jag hade avvaktat
Future	ska avvakta	or: kommer att avvakta
Conditional	skulle avvakta	jag skulle avvakta
Imperative	avvakta!	a command
Present participle	avvaktande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	avvaktad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of avvakta
Infinitive	avvaktas
Present	avvaktas
Past	avvaktades
Supine	avvaktats

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 avvaktar. See the four verb groups explained.

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avvakta in a sentence

vi avvaktar resultaten
we're waiting for the results
Vi tänker avvakta och se vad som händer
We are going to wait and see what happens
Avvakta signal innan ni kör på båten
Wait for the signal before you drive onto the boat

Questions

What does avvakta mean in English?

avvakta means “await”.

What is the past tense of avvakta?

The past tense of avvakta is avvaktade (“jag avvaktade”). The supine is avvaktat, used in “jag har avvaktat”.

What is the present tense of avvakta?

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

Origin

av- + vakta.

Nearby common words

avvakta is number 3,478 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,474utgå assume, start
3,475varannan every other
3,476zon zone
3,477förändrad changed
3,479flydd escaped, gone, past (times)
3,480bekvämt comfortably
3,481laddad charged
3,482döttrar daughters, daughters, indefinite plural of dotter

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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