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ersätta

compensate, replace, substitute

Meaning

compensate; replace; substitute

In Swedish: betala

Conjugation

Conjugation of ersätta (compensate)
Infinitive	att ersätta	to compensate
Present	ersätter	jag ersätter
Past	ersatte	jag ersatte
Supine	ersatt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ersatt	jag har ersatt
Past perfect	hade ersatt	jag hade ersatt
Future	ska ersätta	or: kommer att ersätta
Conditional	skulle ersätta	jag skulle ersätta
Imperative	ersätt!	a command
Present participle	ersättande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ersatt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ersätta
Infinitive	ersättas
Present	ersätts
Past	ersattes
Supine	ersatts

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use ersätter. See the four verb groups explained.

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ersätta in a sentence

jag ska ersätta henne för skadan
I'll compensate her for the damage
inget kan ersätta levande musik
there's nothing quite like live music
han ersattes i styrelsen av en yngre kollega
he was replaced on the board by a younger colleague
Den trasiga högtalaren ersattes med en ny
The broken speaker was replaced with a new one
Han blir svår att ersätta
He will be hard to replace
Han ersattes för skadorna på bilen
He was compensated for the damage to the car

Questions

What does ersätta mean in English?

ersätta means “compensate, replace”.

What is the past tense of ersätta?

The past tense of ersätta is ersatte (“jag ersatte”). The supine is ersatt, used in “jag har ersatt”.

What is the present tense of ersätta?

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

Similar words

kompenserabyta utsubstituera

Origin

From German ersetzen, from Middle High German ersetzen, Old High German irsetzen, irsezzen.

Nearby common words

ersätta is number 2,299 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,295pool a swimming pool
2,296bada swim, bathe
2,297förstärkning reforce
2,298förrädare traitor
2,300nation nation, students' union
2,301smälta melt, smelt
2,302konstnär artist
2,303knäppa snap, click

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