Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

existera

exist

Meaning

exist

In Swedish: leva, finnas

Conjugation

Conjugation of existera (exist)
Infinitive	att existera	to exist
Present	existerar	jag existerar
Past	existerade	jag existerade
Supine	existerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har existerat	jag har existerat
Past perfect	hade existerat	jag hade existerat
Future	ska existera	or: kommer att existera
Conditional	skulle existera	jag skulle existera
Imperative	existera!	a command
Present participle	existerande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of existera
Infinitive	existeras
Present	existeras
Past	existerades
Supine	existerats

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 existerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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existera in a sentence

partiet existerade redan före kriget
the party existed even before the war
de existerande reglerna är inte alltid rättvisa
the existing rules are not always equitable

Questions

What does existera mean in English?

existera means “exist”.

What is the past tense of existera?

The past tense of existera is existerade (“jag existerade”). The supine is existerat, used in “jag har existerat”.

What is the present tense of existera?

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

Similar words

finnas tillfinnas

Nearby common words

existera is number 1,683 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,679svika fail
1,680allvarlig serious, grave, solemn, serious
1,681omedelbart immediately
1,682senator senator
1,684lektion class, lesson
1,685spöke ghost
1,686konst art, skill
1,687vampyr a vampire (undead creature), a vampire (vampire bat)

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