Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

framstå

seem, appear

Meaning

seem; appear

In Swedish: verka, tyckas

Conjugation

Conjugation of framstå (seem)
Infinitive	att framstå	to seem
Present	framstår	jag framstår
Past	framstod	jag framstod
Supine	framstått	used after har / hade
Perfect	har framstått	jag har framstått
Past perfect	hade framstått	jag hade framstått
Future	ska framstå	or: kommer att framstå
Conditional	skulle framstå	jag skulle framstå
Imperative	framstå!	a command
Present participle	framstående	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of framstå
Infinitive	framstås
Present	framstås
Past	framstods
Supine	framståtts

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 framstår. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise framstå

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framstå in a sentence

en utbyggnad framstår som ett lockande alternativ
an extension appears to be an attractive alternative

Questions

What does framstå mean in English?

framstå means “seem, appear”.

What is the past tense of framstå?

The past tense of framstå is framstod (“jag framstod”). The supine is framstått, used in “jag har framstått”.

What is the present tense of framstå?

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

Origin

fram + stå

Nearby common words

framstå is number 3,693 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,689kostnad cost, expense
3,690begåvad talented, gifted
3,691blinka blink, wink
3,692brann burned, burnt
3,694sona atone for, expiate; make amends for
3,695kampanj campaign
3,696fattas be missing (short, lacking)
3,697missta mistake

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