Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

duscha

shower, sprinkle/²dɵɕa/

Meaning

shower; sprinkle

In Swedish: tvätta sig i en dusch

Conjugation

Conjugation of duscha (shower)
Infinitive	att duscha	to shower
Present	duschar	jag duschar
Past	duschade	jag duschade
Supine	duschat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har duschat	jag har duschat
Past perfect	hade duschat	jag hade duschat
Future	ska duscha	or: kommer att duscha
Conditional	skulle duscha	jag skulle duscha
Imperative	duscha!	a command
Present participle	duschande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	duschad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of duscha
Infinitive	duschas
Present	duschas
Past	duschades
Supine	duschats

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 duschar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise duscha

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

duscha in a sentence

När duschade du senast?
When did you last shower?
Han duschar
He is taking a shower

Questions

What does duscha mean in English?

duscha means “shower, sprinkle”.

What is the past tense of duscha?

The past tense of duscha is duschade (“jag duschade”). The supine is duschat, used in “jag har duschat”.

What is the present tense of duscha?

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

Origin

dusch + -a

Nearby common words

duscha is number 2,387 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,383funnits existed, been
2,384anklagelse accusation, charge
2,385central central
2,386löjlig ridiculous
2,388fabrik plant, factory
2,389identitet identity
2,390bevaka guard, watch (over)
2,391larm noise, din

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