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döma

judge

Meaning

judge

In Swedish: fälla dom (över), vara domare (vid)

Conjugation

Conjugation of döma (judge)
Infinitive	att döma	to judge
Present	dömer	jag dömer
Past	dömde	jag dömde
Supine	dömt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har dömt	jag har dömt
Past perfect	hade dömt	jag hade dömt
Future	ska döma	or: kommer att döma
Conditional	skulle döma	jag skulle döma
Imperative	döm!	a command
Present participle	dömande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	dömd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of döma
Infinitive	dömas
Present	döms
Past	dömdes
Supine	dömts

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 dömer. See the four verb groups explained.

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döma in a sentence

hon dömdes till dagsböter
she was ordered to pay a number of unit fines
döma en match
referee a game
av allt att döma
to all appearances
att döma av
judging from

Questions

What does döma mean in English?

döma means “judge”.

What is the past tense of döma?

The past tense of döma is dömde (“jag dömde”). The supine is dömt, used in “jag har dömt”.

What is the present tense of döma?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish dø̄ma, from Old Norse dǿma, from Proto-Germanic *dōmijaną.

Nearby common words

döma is number 1,328 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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1,325rösta vote
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1,330påstå say, state
1,331engelska English
1,332högre higher, taller

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary