Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

besluta

decide, resolve; decree

Meaning

decide, resolve; decree

In Swedish: bestämma, avgöra

Conjugation

Conjugation of besluta (decide)
Infinitive	att besluta	to decide
Present	beslutar	jag beslutar
Past	beslutade	jag beslutade
Supine	beslutat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har beslutat	jag har beslutat
Past perfect	hade beslutat	jag hade beslutat
Future	ska besluta	or: kommer att besluta
Conditional	skulle besluta	jag skulle besluta
Imperative	besluta!	a command
Present participle	beslutande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	beslutad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of besluta
Infinitive	beslutas
Present	beslutas
Past	beslutades
Supine	beslutats

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 beslutar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise besluta

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Yesterday I … (besluta). Which is the past tense?

besluta in a sentence

regeringen beslutar att höja momsen
The government has decided to raise V.A.T.
besluta om uppskov
order deferment

Questions

What does besluta mean in English?

besluta means “decide, resolve; decree”.

What is the past tense of besluta?

The past tense of besluta is beslutade (“jag beslutade”). The supine is beslutat, used in “jag har beslutat”.

What is the present tense of besluta?

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

Similar words

avgöraklubba

Origin

From Old Swedish besluta, from Middle Low German besluten.

Nearby common words

besluta is number 2,382 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,378stat state, government
2,379typen the kind/ the type, Type
2,380höja put up, raise
2,381forskare researcher
2,383funnits existed, been
2,384anklagelse accusation, charge
2,385central central
2,386löjlig ridiculous

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