Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

gifta

marry, married, to marry (followed by med), to get marriedAlso the plural of gift.

Meaning

marry; married; to marry (followed by med); to get married

Conjugation

Conjugation of gifta (marry)
Infinitive	att gifta	to marry
Present	gifter	jag gifter
Past	gifte	jag gifte
Supine	gift	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gift	jag har gift
Past perfect	hade gift	jag hade gift
Future	ska gifta	or: kommer att gifta
Conditional	skulle gifta	jag skulle gifta
Imperative	gift!	a command
Present participle	giftande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	gift	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gifta
Infinitive	giftas
Present	gifts
Past	giftes
Supine	gifts

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 gifter. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (gifta). Which is the past tense?

gifta in a sentence

Han gifte sig med henne.
He married her.
De har äntligen gift sig.
They've finally gotten married.

Questions

What does gifta mean in English?

gifta means “marry, married”.

What is the past tense of gifta?

The past tense of gifta is gifte (“jag gifte”). The supine is gift, used in “jag har gift”.

What is the present tense of gifta?

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

Origin

From Old Norse gipta, from Proto-Germanic *giftijaną.

Nearby common words

gifta is number 604 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

600kasta cast, throw
601ändra change
602alltså in other words, accordingly
603uppe up (in a more elevated position relative to the speaker or another object of comparison), up, awake
605president president
606middag dinner, noon
607typ type
608känsla feeling

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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