Swedish verb

doppa

dip

Meaning

dip

In Swedish: sänka ner i vätska

Conjugation

Conjugation of doppa (dip)
Infinitive	att doppa	to dip
Present	doppar	jag doppar
Past	doppade	jag doppade
Supine	doppat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har doppat	jag har doppat
Past perfect	hade doppat	jag hade doppat
Future	ska doppa	or: kommer att doppa
Conditional	skulle doppa	jag skulle doppa
Imperative	doppa!	a command
Present participle	doppande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	doppad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of doppa
Infinitive	doppas
Present	doppas
Past	doppades
Supine	doppats

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 doppar. See the four verb groups explained.

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doppa in a sentence

doppa i kaffet
dunk in coffee
han doppade tårna i vattnet
he dipped his toes in the water
Han doppade rånet i kaffet
He dipped the wafer into the coffee
Fick du doppa?
Did you score?

Questions

What does doppa mean in English?

doppa means “dip”.

What is the past tense of doppa?

The past tense of doppa is doppade (“jag doppade”). The supine is doppat, used in “jag har doppat”.

What is the present tense of doppa?

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

Origin

From Middle Low German düppen, from Old Saxon dopian, from Proto-West Germanic *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną, to dip (in a liquid), to immerse.

Nearby common words

doppa is number 5,571 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,567förstora enlarge, blow up
5,568hoj bike
5,569husrannsakan A police search of a home or private property (requiring a search warrant)
5,570ega alternative form of äga; to pwn
5,573plugg plug, stopper
5,574samtala discuss, converse
5,575trottoar pavement, sidewalk (US)
5,576trofé trophy

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