Swedish verb

betvivla

doubt

Meaning

doubt

In Swedish: tvivla på

Conjugation

Conjugation of betvivla (doubt)
Infinitive	att betvivla	to doubt
Present	betvivlar	jag betvivlar
Past	betvivlade	jag betvivlade
Supine	betvivlat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har betvivlat	jag har betvivlat
Past perfect	hade betvivlat	jag hade betvivlat
Future	ska betvivla	or: kommer att betvivla
Conditional	skulle betvivla	jag skulle betvivla
Imperative	betvivla!	a command
Present participle	betvivlande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	betvivlad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of betvivla
Infinitive	betvivlas
Present	betvivlas
Past	betvivlades
Supine	betvivlats

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 betvivlar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

betvivla in a sentence

jag betvivlar att du har rätt
I doubt that you are right

Questions

What does betvivla mean in English?

betvivla means “doubt”.

What is the past tense of betvivla?

The past tense of betvivla is betvivlade (“jag betvivlade”). The supine is betvivlat, used in “jag har betvivlat”.

What is the present tense of betvivla?

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

Origin

From German bezweifeln, equivalent to be- + tvivla.

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