Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

dubbla

doubleAlso the plural of dubbel.

Meaning

double

In Swedish: fördubbla

Conjugation

Conjugation of dubbla (double)
Infinitive	att dubbla	to double
Present	dubblar	jag dubblar
Past	dubblade	jag dubblade
Supine	dubblat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dubblat	jag har dubblat
Past perfect	hade dubblat	jag hade dubblat
Future	ska dubbla	or: kommer att dubbla
Conditional	skulle dubbla	jag skulle dubbla
Imperative	dubbla!	a command
Present participle	dubblande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dubblad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dubbla
Infinitive	dubblas
Present	dubblas
Past	dubblades
Supine	dubblats

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 dubblar. See the four verb groups explained.

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dubbla in a sentence

spelarna dubblade insatsen
the players doubled the stake

Questions

What does dubbla mean in English?

dubbla means “double”.

What is the past tense of dubbla?

The past tense of dubbla is dubblade (“jag dubblade”). The supine is dubblat, used in “jag har dubblat”.

What is the present tense of dubbla?

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

Similar words

tvåfaldigafördubbla

Nearby common words

dubbla is number 3,198 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,194avslöjad revealed, uncovered
3,195oerhört terrifically, enormously
3,196dos dose
3,197andel proportion, share
3,199förbjuda forbid
3,200sky shrink from, avoid
3,201di suck, suckle; milk from the mother (human or animal) directly to the offspring
3,202slutligen ultimately, in the end

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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