ge
Meaning
give
In Swedish: överlämna (som gåva, som betalning), räcka
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att ge | to give |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ger | jag ger |
| Past | gav | jag gav |
| Supine | gett | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har gett | jag har gett |
| Past perfect | hade gett | jag hade gett |
| Future | ska ge | or: kommer att ge |
| Conditional | skulle ge | jag skulle ge |
| Imperative | ge! | a command |
| Present participle | givande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | given | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | ges |
|---|---|
| Present | gs |
| Past | gavs |
| Supine | getts |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use ger. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise ge
1 / 2Yesterday I … (ge). Which is the past tense?
ge in a sentence
- ge beskednotify
- ge ett exempelgive an example
- ge någon rättto concede a point
- jag har gett en tia för bokenI paid ten kronor for the book
- ge någon en presentgive sby a present
Expressions
- ta något för givettake sth. for granted
Questions
What does ge mean in English?
ge means “give”.
What is the past tense of ge?
The past tense of ge is gav (“jag gav”). The supine is gett, used in “jag har gett”.
What is the present tense of ge?
ger, the same for every person: jag ger, du ger, vi ger.
Similar words
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish object pronouns: honom and henneComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish reflexive verbs: tvättar migComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Polite requests in Swedish with skulleComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Comparing things in Swedish with mer änComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish words for everything, something, nothingComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Listening versus hearing in SwedishComplete Swedish – Season 2
Nearby common words
ge is number 89 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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