frige
Meaning
set free, release
In Swedish: släppa lös, försätta på fri fot
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att frige | to set free |
|---|---|---|
| Present | friger | jag friger |
| Past | frigav | jag frigav |
| Supine | frigett | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har frigett | jag har frigett |
| Past perfect | hade frigett | jag hade frigett |
| Future | ska frige | or: kommer att frige |
| Conditional | skulle frige | jag skulle frige |
| Imperative | frige! | a command |
| Present participle | frigivande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | frigiven | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | friges |
|---|---|
| Present | frigs |
| Past | frigavs |
| Supine | frigetts |
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 friger. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise frige
1 / 2Yesterday I … (frige). Which is the past tense?
frige in a sentence
- frigivande av fångarreleasing (discharging) prisoners
- villkorligt frigivenconditional release, release on probation
Questions
What does frige mean in English?
frige means “set free, release”.
What is the past tense of frige?
The past tense of frige is frigav (“jag frigav”). The supine is frigett, used in “jag har frigett”.
What is the present tense of frige?
friger, the same for every person: jag friger, du friger, vi friger.
Similar words
Origin
By surface analysis, fri + ge.
Nearby common words
frige is number 4,618 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,614flight a flight ((regular) trip made by a passenger aircraft)
- 4,615politiskt political
- 4,616blandning blend, mixture
- 4,617depression depression
- 4,619rengöra clean, wash
- 4,620inkommande incoming
- 4,621premiärminister prime minister
- 4,622ask packet, box
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