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bränna

incinerate, burn, distil, bake

bränna as a verb

Meaning

incinerate; burn; distil; bake

In Swedish: elda upp

Conjugation

Conjugation of bränna (incinerate)
Infinitive	att bränna	to incinerate
Present	bränner	jag bränner
Past	brände	jag brände
Supine	bränt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har bränt	jag har bränt
Past perfect	hade bränt	jag hade bränt
Future	ska bränna	or: kommer att bränna
Conditional	skulle bränna	jag skulle bränna
Imperative	bränn!	a command
Present participle	brännande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	bränd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of bränna
Infinitive	brännas
Present	bränns
Past	brändes
Supine	bränts

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 bränner. See the four verb groups explained.

bränna as a noun(en bränna)

Meaning

a tan (suntan)

Forms

Forms of bränna
Singular, indefinite	en bränna
Singular, definite	brännan
Plural, indefinite	brännor
Plural, definite	brännorna

bränna is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor bränna, den stora brännan. Check another noun

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bränna in a sentence

bränna sopor
incinerate waste
Jag råkade bränna hamburgarna. Vill du ha dem ändå?
I accidentally burned the hamburgers. Do you want them anyway?
Se upp så att du inte bränner dig på plåten!
Be careful so that you don't burn yourself on the tray!
få en fin bränna
get a nice tan

Expressions

bränna sina skepp
burn one's bridges

Questions

What does bränna mean in English?

bränna means “incinerate, burn”.

Is it en bränna or ett bränna?

It is en bränna, and “the a tan” is brännan.

What is the plural of bränna?

The plural of bränna is brännor, and the definite plural is brännorna.

What is the past tense of bränna?

The past tense of bränna is brände (“jag brände”). The supine is bränt, used in “jag har bränt”.

What is the present tense of bränna?

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

Where the course teaches it

Swedish adjectives made from past participles
Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Swedish brænna, from Old Norse brenna, from Proto-Germanic *brannijaną.

Nearby common words

bränna is number 990 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

986skämta joke, jest
987grattis congratulations
988mobil mobile
989ers your (only in address); a contraction of the archaic eders, being a genitive form of er
991underbart wonderfully
992tydligen evidently
993lärd learned
994känt sensed

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