Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

diskutera

discuss, debate, argue

Meaning

discuss; debate; argue

In Swedish: samtala (om), överlägga (om)

Conjugation

Conjugation of diskutera (discuss)
Infinitive	att diskutera	to discuss
Present	diskuterar	jag diskuterar
Past	diskuterade	jag diskuterade
Supine	diskuterat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har diskuterat	jag har diskuterat
Past perfect	hade diskuterat	jag hade diskuterat
Future	ska diskutera	or: kommer att diskutera
Conditional	skulle diskutera	jag skulle diskutera
Imperative	diskutera!	a command
Present participle	diskuterande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	diskuterad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of diskutera
Infinitive	diskuteras
Present	diskuteras
Past	diskuterades
Supine	diskuterats

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 diskuterar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (diskutera). Which is the past tense?

diskutera in a sentence

regeringen diskuterade invandringspolitiken
the Government discussed immigration policies

Questions

What does diskutera mean in English?

diskutera means “discuss, debate”.

What is the past tense of diskutera?

The past tense of diskutera is diskuterade (“jag diskuterade”). The supine is diskuterat, used in “jag har diskuterat”.

What is the present tense of diskutera?

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

Nearby common words

diskutera is number 1,153 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,149dator computer
1,150närmare almost, nearly
1,151utmärkt excellent
1,152berg mountain, rock
1,154röd red
1,155mörk dark, gloomy
1,156nyhet news
1,157baby a baby (very young human)

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