Swedish verb· top 500 most common

fungera

function, work, act, serve (as)/fɵŋˈɡeːra/

Meaning

function; work; act; serve (as)

In Swedish: ha normal funktion, gå

Conjugation

Conjugation of fungera (function)
Infinitive	att fungera	to function
Present	fungerar	jag fungerar
Past	fungerade	jag fungerade
Supine	fungerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har fungerat	jag har fungerat
Past perfect	hade fungerat	jag hade fungerat
Future	ska fungera	or: kommer att fungera
Conditional	skulle fungera	jag skulle fungera
Imperative	fungera!	a command
Present participle	fungerande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fungera
Infinitive	fungeras
Present	fungeras
Past	fungerades
Supine	fungerats

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 fungerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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fungera in a sentence

hissen fungerar inte
the lift is out of order (not working)
ett fungerande city
a well-functioning city centre
du får fungera som försökskanin
you will have to be (act as) a guinea pig
Det borde fungera.
That should work.

Questions

What does fungera mean in English?

fungera means “function, work”.

What is the past tense of fungera?

The past tense of fungera is fungerade (“jag fungerade”). The supine is fungerat, used in “jag har fungerat”.

What is the present tense of fungera?

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

Similar words

funkarullaklaffa

Origin

From German fungieren, from Latin fungī (“to perform, execute”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).

Nearby common words

fungera is number 495 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

491idiot idiot
492förklara explain, declare
493tyst quiet, silent
494mannen man (usually friendly term of address)
496undra wonder
497krig war
498riktig proper, right
499dags time (to do something)

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary