Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

erövra

capture, win, conquer

Meaning

capture; win; conquer

In Swedish: ta med våld, inta

Conjugation

Conjugation of erövra (capture)
Infinitive	att erövra	to capture
Present	erövrar	jag erövrar
Past	erövrade	jag erövrade
Supine	erövrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har erövrat	jag har erövrat
Past perfect	hade erövrat	jag hade erövrat
Future	ska erövra	or: kommer att erövra
Conditional	skulle erövra	jag skulle erövra
Imperative	erövra!	a command
Present participle	erövrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	erövrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of erövra
Infinitive	erövras
Present	erövras
Past	erövrades
Supine	erövrats

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 erövrar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise erövra

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

erövra in a sentence

hon erövrade guldmedaljen
she took the gold medal

Questions

What does erövra mean in English?

erövra means “capture, win”.

What is the past tense of erövra?

The past tense of erövra is erövrade (“jag erövrade”). The supine is erövrat, used in “jag har erövrat”.

What is the present tense of erövra?

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

Similar words

besegrata överta i besittningannekteraintaga

Origin

er- + över + -a, from German erobern

Nearby common words

erövra is number 4,841 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,837noggrann careful, thorough
4,838tjocka fog
4,839likhet similarity, likeness
4,840reception reception
4,842utrota exterminate
4,843förnamn Christian (first, given) name
4,844lobby vestibule, lobby
4,845mässa mass, trade fair

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