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fästa

attach, fix, fastenAlso the plural of fäst.

Meaning

attach; fix; fasten

In Swedish: göra eller sätta fast

Conjugation

Conjugation of fästa (attach)
Infinitive	att fästa	to attach
Present	fäster	jag fäster
Past	fäste	jag fäste
Supine	fäst	used after har / hade
Perfect	har fäst	jag har fäst
Past perfect	hade fäst	jag hade fäst
Future	ska fästa	or: kommer att fästa
Conditional	skulle fästa	jag skulle fästa
Imperative	fäst!	a command
Present participle	fästande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	fäst	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fästa
Infinitive	fästas
Present	fästs
Past	fästes
Supine	fästs

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use fäster. See the four verb groups explained.

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fästa in a sentence

fästa uppmärksamheten på
draw attention to
fästa stor vikt vid
attach great importance to
Jag fäste skenan i taket med en skruv i vardera änden.
I attached the rail to the ceiling with a screw at each end.
Jag fäster inte så stor vikt vid deras studie.
I do not attach much importance ("weight") to their study.
Straffläggaren fäste blicken på bollen och började springa.
The penalty taker fixed his eyes ("gaze") on the ball and started running.
Limmet fäster inte på plast.
The glue does not stick to plastic.

Expressions

vara fäst vid någon
be attached to someone

Questions

What does fästa mean in English?

fästa means “attach, fix”.

What is the past tense of fästa?

The past tense of fästa is fäste (“jag fäste”). The supine is fäst, used in “jag har fäst”.

What is the present tense of fästa?

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

Similar words

planterahäftafogalinda

Origin

From Old Swedish fæsta, from Old Norse festa, from Proto-Germanic *fastijaną, equivalent to fast + -a.

Nearby common words

fästa is number 4,933 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,929lyckligtvis fortunately
4,930begärd required, requested
4,931ingick formed a part of, was included in
4,932förenta united
4,934delfin dolphin
4,935färdighet skill
4,936härska prevail over, rule
4,937isolerad isolated

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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