blöda
Meaning
bleed
In Swedish: ge ifrån sig blod, förlora blod
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att blöda | to bleed |
|---|---|---|
| Present | blöder | jag blöder |
| Past | blödde | jag blödde |
| Supine | blött | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har blött | jag har blött |
| Past perfect | hade blött | jag hade blött |
| Future | ska blöda | or: kommer att blöda |
| Conditional | skulle blöda | jag skulle blöda |
| Imperative | blöd! | a command |
| Present participle | blödande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | blödd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | blödas |
|---|---|
| Present | blöds |
| Past | blöddes |
| Supine | blötts |
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 blöder. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise blöda
1 / 2Yesterday I … (blöda). Which is the past tense?
blöda in a sentence
- såret blöder kraftigtthe wound is bleeding profusely
- mitt hjärta blöder för krigets offermy heart bleeds for the victims of the war
Questions
What does blöda mean in English?
blöda means “bleed”.
What is the past tense of blöda?
The past tense of blöda is blödde (“jag blödde”). The supine is blött, used in “jag har blött”.
What is the present tense of blöda?
blöder, the same for every person: jag blöder, du blöder, vi blöder.
Origin
From Old Swedish blø̄þa, from Old Norse blǿða, from Proto-Germanic *blōdijaną.
Nearby common words
blöda is number 1,764 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 1,767kvarter block
- 1,768förvånad surprised, astonished
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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