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fyra

four/ˈfyːˌra/

fyra as a number

Meaning

four

In Swedish: 4

fyra as a verb

Meaning

to fire (a weapon, a rocket)

Conjugation

Conjugation of fyra (fire)
Infinitive	att fyra	to fire
Present	fyrar	jag fyrar
Past	fyrade	jag fyrade
Supine	fyrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har fyrat	jag har fyrat
Past perfect	hade fyrat	jag hade fyrat
Future	ska fyra	or: kommer att fyra
Conditional	skulle fyra	jag skulle fyra
Imperative	fyra!	a command
Present participle	fyrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	fyrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fyra
Infinitive	fyras
Present	fyras
Past	fyrades
Supine	fyrats

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 fyrar. See the four verb groups explained.

fyra as a noun(en fyra)

Meaning

four

In Swedish: siffran 4; nummer 4 i ordningen

Forms

Forms of fyra
Singular, indefinite	en fyra
Singular, definite	fyran
Plural, indefinite	fyror
Plural, definite	fyrorna

fyra is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor fyra, den stora fyran. Check another noun

Practise fyra

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What does fyra mean?

fyra in a sentence

hon kom fyra i tävlingen
she came fourth (number four) in the competition
De barnen går i fyran.
Those children are in fourth grade.

Words built with fyra

fyraåring four-year-old
fyrklöver four-leaf clover

Questions

What does fyra mean in English?

fyra means “four”.

Is it en fyra or ett fyra?

It is en fyra, and “the four” is fyran.

What is the plural of fyra?

The plural of fyra is fyror, and the definite plural is fyrorna.

What is the past tense of fyra?

The past tense of fyra is fyrade (“jag fyrade”). The supine is fyrat, used in “jag har fyrat”.

What is the present tense of fyra?

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

Where the course teaches it

Swedish verbs hanterar and tar hand om
Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

From Old Swedish fiurir, fiūri, fȳrir, fȳri, from Runic East Norse ᚠᛁᚢᚱᛁᛦ (fiuriʀ) (Old West Norse fjórir), from Proto-Germanic *fedwōr, from *kʷetwṓr, the neuter form of Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres.

Nearby common words

fyra is number 358 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

354sagt said
355månad month
356faktiskt as a matter of fact
357slå hit, beat
359bror a brother, a contracted form of broder, bro, brother (usually friendly or familiar term of address for a male)
360mede runner (device upon which something slides), rocker (device upon which something rocks)
361lita rely on
362dollar dollar

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