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besöka

call on, visit

Meaning

call on; visit

In Swedish: hälsa på, komma till

Conjugation

Conjugation of besöka (call on)
Infinitive	att besöka	to call on
Present	besöker	jag besöker
Past	besökte	jag besökte
Supine	besökt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har besökt	jag har besökt
Past perfect	hade besökt	jag hade besökt
Future	ska besöka	or: kommer att besöka
Conditional	skulle besöka	jag skulle besöka
Imperative	besök!	a command
Present participle	besökande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	besökt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of besöka
Infinitive	besökas
Present	besöks
Past	besöktes
Supine	besökts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use besöker. See the four verb groups explained.

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

besöka in a sentence

i somras besökte vi våra släktingar i Grekland
last summer we visited our relatives in Greece

Questions

What does besöka mean in English?

besöka means “call on, visit”.

What is the past tense of besöka?

The past tense of besöka is besökte (“jag besökte”). The supine is besökt, used in “jag har besökt”.

What is the present tense of besöka?

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

Similar words

gästahälsa påvisit

Origin

From Old Swedish besøkia, from Middle Low German besoken, equivalent to be- + söka.

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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