Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

designa

to design/dɪˈsajna/

Meaning

to design

Conjugation

Conjugation of designa (design)
Infinitive	att designa	to design
Present	designar	jag designar
Past	designade	jag designade
Supine	designat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har designat	jag har designat
Past perfect	hade designat	jag hade designat
Future	ska designa	or: kommer att designa
Conditional	skulle designa	jag skulle designa
Imperative	designa!	a command
Present participle	designande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	designad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of designa
Infinitive	designas
Present	designas
Past	designades
Supine	designats

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 designar. See the four verb groups explained.

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designa in a sentence

Vem har designat bokhyllan?
Who designed the bookshelf?

Questions

What does designa mean in English?

designa means “to design”.

What is the past tense of designa?

The past tense of designa is designade (“jag designade”). The supine is designat, used in “jag har designat”.

What is the present tense of designa?

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

Origin

Borrowed from English design.

Nearby common words

designa is number 4,304 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,299kammare [small] room, house
4,301vilde savage, independent
4,302misstänksam suspicious
4,303behållare receptacle, vessel
4,305lyckad successful
4,306gardin drapery, curtain
4,307uppsats article, paper
4,308påverkad under the influence, intoxicated (by alcohol or another drug)

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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