diktera
Meaning
dictate
In Swedish: läsa högt för nedskrivning (ord för ord)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att diktera | to dictate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | dikterar | jag dikterar |
| Past | dikterade | jag dikterade |
| Supine | dikterat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har dikterat | jag har dikterat |
| Past perfect | hade dikterat | jag hade dikterat |
| Future | ska diktera | or: kommer att diktera |
| Conditional | skulle diktera | jag skulle diktera |
| Imperative | diktera! | a command |
| Present participle | dikterande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | dikterad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | dikteras |
|---|---|
| Present | dikteras |
| Past | dikterades |
| Supine | dikterats |
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 dikterar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise diktera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (diktera). Which is the past tense?
diktera in a sentence
- hon dikterade ett brev för sin sekreterareshe dictated a letter to her secretary
- segrarna dikterade villkoren för fredthe victors dictated the conditions of peace
- diktera ett brevdictate a letter
- diktera villkorendictate the conditions
Questions
What does diktera mean in English?
diktera means “dictate”.
What is the past tense of diktera?
The past tense of diktera is dikterade (“jag dikterade”). The supine is dikterat, used in “jag har dikterat”.
What is the present tense of diktera?
dikterar, the same for every person: jag dikterar, du dikterar, vi dikterar.
Nearby common words
diktera is number 9,126 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,122tunnla to tunnel (to transport through a tunnel; to transfer data through an encapsulating protocol), to nutmeg
- 9,123flicknamn a girl's name, a maiden name
- 9,124defensiv defensive
- 9,125dekoration decoration
- 9,127eftertanke consideration, reflection
- 9,128förödmjukelse humiliation
- 9,129gymnastik physical training, gymnastics
- 9,131inneboende inherent, intrinsic
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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