flyta
Meaning
flow; float
In Swedish: rinna
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att flyta | to flow |
|---|---|---|
| Present | flyter | jag flyter |
| Past | flöt | jag flöt |
| Supine | flutit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har flutit | jag har flutit |
| Past perfect | hade flutit | jag hade flutit |
| Future | ska flyta | or: kommer att flyta |
| Conditional | skulle flyta | jag skulle flyta |
| Imperative | flyt! | a command |
| Present participle | flytande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | fluten | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | flytas |
|---|---|
| Present | flyts |
| Past | flöts |
| Supine | flutits |
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 flyter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise flyta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (flyta). Which is the past tense?
flyta in a sentence
- nu flyter arbetet brathe work is going smoothly now
- tala flytande svenskaspeak fluent Swedish
- bäcken flyter genom skogenthe stream flows through the wood
- flyta som en korkfloat like a cork
Questions
What does flyta mean in English?
flyta means “flow, float”.
What is the past tense of flyta?
The past tense of flyta is flöt (“jag flöt”). The supine is flutit, used in “jag har flutit”.
What is the present tense of flyta?
flyter, the same for every person: jag flyter, du flyter, vi flyter.
Origin
From Old Swedish flȳta, from Old Norse fljóta (“to float”), from Proto-Germanic *fleutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-.
Nearby common words
flyta is number 3,224 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 3,220stött supported, bumped
- 3,221doft fragrance, odour
- 3,222hastighet speed, velocity
- 3,223sällsynt rare, unusual
- 3,225klanta to blunder; to mess up, to be "klutzy" (in an extended sense that includes being klutzy in non-physical ways)
- 3,226intill beside, next to
- 3,227investera invest
- 3,228förtjusande charming
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