frukta
Meaning
fear
In Swedish: vara rädd (för)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att frukta | to fear |
|---|---|---|
| Present | fruktar | jag fruktar |
| Past | fruktade | jag fruktade |
| Supine | fruktat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har fruktat | jag har fruktat |
| Past perfect | hade fruktat | jag hade fruktat |
| Future | ska frukta | or: kommer att frukta |
| Conditional | skulle frukta | jag skulle frukta |
| Imperative | frukta! | a command |
| Present participle | fruktande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | fruktad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | fruktas |
|---|---|
| Present | fruktas |
| Past | fruktades |
| Supine | fruktats |
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 fruktar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise frukta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (frukta). Which is the past tense?
frukta in a sentence
- brandmännen fruktade att elden skulle sprida sigthe firemen feared the fire would spread
- Vi skola frukta och älska GudWe must fear and love God (Luther's Small Catechism)
Questions
What does frukta mean in English?
frukta means “fear”.
What is the past tense of frukta?
The past tense of frukta is fruktade (“jag fruktade”). The supine is fruktat, used in “jag har fruktat”.
What is the present tense of frukta?
fruktar, the same for every person: jag fruktar, du fruktar, vi fruktar.
Similar words
vara rädd förängslanfarhågakänna skräckrädslasvara skraj
Origin
From Old Swedish frukta, frokta, frykta, from Middle Low German vruchten, from Old Saxon forhtian, from Proto-West Germanic *furhtijan.
Nearby common words
frukta is number 1,737 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 1,733flyg aviation, air force
- 1,734klaga complain, lodge a complaint
- 1,735farsa my old man, dad
- 1,736el electricity, electric current or power; clipping of elektricitet or elektrisk, short for el- och energiprogrammet
- 1,738erfarenhet experience
- 1,739tusentals thousands of
- 1,740publik audience
- 1,741ifall if, in case
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary