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delta

participate, be present, take part, attend

delta as a verb

Meaning

participate; be present; take part; attend; sympathize

In Swedish: ta del, medverka

Conjugation

Conjugation of delta (participate)
Infinitive	att delta	to participate
Present	deltar	jag deltar
Past	deltog	jag deltog
Supine	deltagit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har deltagit	jag har deltagit
Past perfect	hade deltagit	jag hade deltagit
Future	ska delta	or: kommer att delta
Conditional	skulle delta	jag skulle delta
Imperative	delta!	a command
Present participle	deltagande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of delta
Infinitive	deltas
Present	deltas
Past	deltogs
Supine	deltagits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use deltar. See the four verb groups explained.

delta as a noun(ett delta)

Meaning

delta

In Swedish: förgrenad flodmynning

Forms

Forms of delta
Singular, indefinite	ett delta
Singular, definite	deltat
Plural, indefinite	deltan
Plural, definite	deltana

delta is an ett-word, so adjectives agree with it: ett stort delta, det stora deltat. Check another noun

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delta in a sentence

delta i någons sorg
share sby's sorrow
delta i en demonstration
participate in a demonstration (protest march)
Han deltog i mötet
He attended (took part in) the meeting

Questions

What does delta mean in English?

delta means “participate, be present”.

Is it en delta or ett delta?

It is ett delta, and “the delta” is deltat.

What is the plural of delta?

The plural of delta is deltan, and the definite plural is deltana.

What is the past tense of delta?

The past tense of delta is deltog (“jag deltog”). The supine is deltagit, used in “jag har deltagit”.

What is the present tense of delta?

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

Similar words

flodförgreningmedverkadeltaga

Origin

From Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).

Nearby common words

delta is number 1,831 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,827efteråt afterwards
1,828dröja hesitate, take (a long) time
1,829öppet open, openly
1,830författare writer, author
1,832behov need, necessity
1,833kamp struggle, fight
1,834sjö lake, sea
1,835st nonstandard spelling of st.

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