Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

fuska

cheat, do in a shoddy fashion, make a mess (of)

Meaning

cheat; do in a shoddy fashion; make a mess (of)

In Swedish: använda otillåtna metoder för att vinna fördelar

Conjugation

Conjugation of fuska (cheat)
Infinitive	att fuska	to cheat
Present	fuskar	jag fuskar
Past	fuskade	jag fuskade
Supine	fuskat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har fuskat	jag har fuskat
Past perfect	hade fuskat	jag hade fuskat
Future	ska fuska	or: kommer att fuska
Conditional	skulle fuska	jag skulle fuska
Imperative	fuska!	a command
Present participle	fuskande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fuska
Infinitive	fuskas
Present	fuskas
Past	fuskades
Supine	fuskats

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 fuskar. See the four verb groups explained.

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fuska in a sentence

fuska på en skrivning
cheat in an exam
Han fuskade på skrivningen
He cheated on the examination
fuska med rösträkningen
cheat with the counting of votes

Questions

What does fuska mean in English?

fuska means “cheat, do in a shoddy fashion”.

What is the past tense of fuska?

The past tense of fuska is fuskade (“jag fuskade”). The supine is fuskat, used in “jag har fuskat”.

What is the present tense of fuska?

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

Similar words

mygla

Origin

Borrowed from German pfuschen.

Nearby common words

fuska is number 3,071 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,067utför down
3,068övergiven abandoned
3,069kristen Christian
3,070bränd burned, burnt
3,072specifik specific
3,073brun brown
3,074länder countries, nations
3,075slutföra bring (carry) to a conclusion, complete

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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