Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

dofta

smell (pleasant, sweet)

Meaning

smell (pleasant, sweet)

In Swedish: lukta gott

Conjugation

Conjugation of dofta (smell)
Infinitive	att dofta	to smell
Present	doftar	jag doftar
Past	doftade	jag doftade
Supine	doftat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har doftat	jag har doftat
Past perfect	hade doftat	jag hade doftat
Future	ska dofta	or: kommer att dofta
Conditional	skulle dofta	jag skulle dofta
Imperative	dofta!	a command
Present participle	doftande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dofta
Infinitive	doftas
Present	doftas
Past	doftades
Supine	doftats

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 doftar. See the four verb groups explained.

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dofta in a sentence

rosorna doftar
the roses are sweet-smelling
ängen doftar av klöver
the meadow smells sweetly of clover
Det doftar nybakt bröd
There's a scent [it smells nice] of freshly baked bread
Skogen doftar av vår
The forest smells of spring
dofta på rosorna
smell the roses
dofta med florsocker
sprinkle with powdered sugar

Questions

What does dofta mean in English?

dofta means “smell (pleasant, sweet)”.

What is the past tense of dofta?

The past tense of dofta is doftade (“jag doftade”). The supine is doftat, used in “jag har doftat”.

What is the present tense of dofta?

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

Similar words

lukta

Origin

doft (“scent”) + -a

Nearby common words

dofta is number 3,668 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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3,669dramatisk dramatic
3,670giftig poisonous
3,671utsatt set out, exposed
3,672ducka duck

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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