Swedish verb · interjection· top 1,000 most common

erkänna

acknowledge, admit, recognize, confess/ˈeːrˌɕɛn.na/

erkänna as a verb

Meaning

acknowledge; admit; recognize; confess

In Swedish: hålla med om, medge; acceptera, uppskatta

Conjugation

Conjugation of erkänna (acknowledge)
Infinitive	att erkänna	to acknowledge
Present	erkänner	jag erkänner
Past	erkände	jag erkände
Supine	erkänt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har erkänt	jag har erkänt
Past perfect	hade erkänt	jag hade erkänt
Future	ska erkänna	or: kommer att erkänna
Conditional	skulle erkänna	jag skulle erkänna
Imperative	erkänn!	a command
Present participle	erkännande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	erkänd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of erkänna
Infinitive	erkännas
Present	erkänns
Past	erkändes
Supine	erkänts

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 erkänner. See the four verb groups explained.

erkänna as an interjection

Meaning

Expression of (friendly) coaxing or prompt for agreement.

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erkänna in a sentence

han erkände sitt misstag
he admitted (acknowledged) his mistake
en erkänd konstnär
a recognized artist
Hon gick till polisen och erkände allt
She went to the police and admitted everything
Han erkände att han fuskat i kebabsåstävlingen
He admitted to having cheated in the kebab sauce competition
Jag måste erkänna att jag inte trodde att det fanns en chans att det skulle fungera
I must admit I didn't think there was a chance that it would work
Erkänn att du tänkt länge på det där.
I bet you've been thinking about that for a long time.
erkänna ett land
recognize a country
Erkänn. Du gillar honnom. Eller hur?
Come on. You like him. Don’t you?

Questions

What does erkänna mean in English?

erkänna means “acknowledge, admit”.

What is the past tense of erkänna?

The past tense of erkänna is erkände (“jag erkände”). The supine is erkänt, used in “jag har erkänt”.

What is the present tense of erkänna?

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

Similar words

bekännamedge

Origin

From German erkennen or Low German erkennen.

Nearby common words

erkänna is number 956 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

952koll check
953spår trace, print
954låtsas pretend
955jättebra excellent
957poäng point, punch line
958kyssa kiss
959ära honour
960säkra guarantee, secure

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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