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dämpa

moderate, reduce

Meaning

moderate, reduce

In Swedish: minska, göra svagare

Conjugation

Conjugation of dämpa (moderate)
Infinitive	att dämpa	to moderate
Present	dämpar	jag dämpar
Past	dämpade	jag dämpade
Supine	dämpat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dämpat	jag har dämpat
Past perfect	hade dämpat	jag hade dämpat
Future	ska dämpa	or: kommer att dämpa
Conditional	skulle dämpa	jag skulle dämpa
Imperative	dämpa!	a command
Present participle	dämpande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dämpad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of dämpa
Infinitive	dämpas
Present	dämpas
Past	dämpades
Supine	dämpats

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 dämpar. See the four verb groups explained.

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dämpa in a sentence

dämpa inflationen
check inflation
dämpa belysningen
soften the lighting
dämpa sin entusiasm
damp one's enthusiasm
dämpa ljuset
dampen/dim the light
Det dämpar smärtan
It dampens the pain

Questions

What does dämpa mean in English?

dämpa means “moderate, reduce”.

What is the past tense of dämpa?

The past tense of dämpa is dämpade (“jag dämpade”). The supine is dämpat, used in “jag har dämpat”.

What is the present tense of dämpa?

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

Similar words

tona nerlindratysta nerdövamildra

Origin

From Old Swedish dämpa, from Middle Low German dempen, from Proto-Germanic *dampijaną.

Nearby common words

dämpa is number 4,548 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,544container container
4,545poet poet
4,546täckning backing, coverage
4,547girig miserly, greedy
4,549dessvärre unfortunately
4,550förbindelse relations, connection
4,552ava to announce a song or radio program at its end
4,553fiske fishing

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