Swedish verb

gagna

benefit

Meaning

benefit

In Swedish: vara till nytta för

Conjugation

Conjugation of gagna (benefit)
Infinitive	att gagna	to benefit
Present	gagnar	jag gagnar
Past	gagnade	jag gagnade
Supine	gagnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gagnat	jag har gagnat
Past perfect	hade gagnat	jag hade gagnat
Future	ska gagna	or: kommer att gagna
Conditional	skulle gagna	jag skulle gagna
Imperative	gagna!	a command
Present participle	gagnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	gagnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gagna
Infinitive	gagnas
Present	gagnas
Past	gagnades
Supine	gagnats

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 gagnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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gagna in a sentence

en politik som gagnar de redan rika
a political policy that serves the interests of the wealthy
Räntesänkningen har gagnat mig
Falling rates have benefited me

Questions

What does gagna mean in English?

gagna means “benefit”.

What is the past tense of gagna?

The past tense of gagna is gagnade (“jag gagnade”). The supine is gagnat, used in “jag har gagnat”.

What is the present tense of gagna?

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

Similar words

gynnanyttjaplus

Origin

gagn + -a, from Old Norse gagna.

Nearby common words

gagna is number 9,004 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,000mexikaner mexicans
9,001kalsong Briefs
9,002dunk thump, drum
9,003upphöjd lofty, superscript
9,005tänja stretch
9,006vaxa wax
9,007åra oar
9,008brandlarm fire alarm, fire alarms

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