dräpa
Meaning
slay
In Swedish: döda, slå ihjäl
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att dräpa | to slay |
|---|---|---|
| Present | dräper | jag dräper |
| Past | dräpte | jag dräpte |
| Supine | dräpt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har dräpt | jag har dräpt |
| Past perfect | hade dräpt | jag hade dräpt |
| Future | ska dräpa | or: kommer att dräpa |
| Conditional | skulle dräpa | jag skulle dräpa |
| Imperative | dräp! | a command |
| Present participle | dräpande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | dräpt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | dräpas |
|---|---|
| Present | dräps |
| Past | dräptes |
| Supine | dräpts |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use dräper. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise dräpa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (dräpa). Which is the past tense?
dräpa in a sentence
- dräpa i hastigt modkill without premeditation
Questions
What does dräpa mean in English?
dräpa means “slay”.
What is the past tense of dräpa?
The past tense of dräpa is dräpte (“jag dräpte”). The supine is dräpt, used in “jag har dräpt”.
What is the present tense of dräpa?
dräper, the same for every person: jag dräper, du dräper, vi dräper.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish dræpa, Old Norse drepa (“to hit; to kill”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhrebh-.
Nearby common words
dräpa is number 7,291 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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