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giva

dated form of ge (“to give”)/ˈjiːˌva/

giva as a verb

Meaning

dated form of ge (“to give”)

Conjugation

Conjugation of giva (dated form of ge)
Infinitive	att giva	to dated form of ge
Present	giver	jag giver
Past	gav	jag gav
Supine	givit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har givit	jag har givit
Past perfect	hade givit	jag hade givit
Future	ska giva	or: kommer att giva
Conditional	skulle giva	jag skulle giva
Imperative	giv!	a command
Present participle	givande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	given	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of giva
Infinitive	givas
Present	givs
Past	gavs
Supine	givits

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 giver. See the four verb groups explained.

giva as a noun(en giva)

Meaning

give; to give; a portion of fodder; the amount of fodder (food) given to an animal

Forms

Forms of giva
Singular, indefinite	en giva
Singular, definite	givan
Plural, indefinite	givor
Plural, definite	givorna

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

Practise giva

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

giva in a sentence

Mixblandaren räknar också om givorna till kg foder
The fodder mixer also converts the number of portions to kilograms of fodder

Questions

What does giva mean in English?

giva means “dated form of ge (“to give”)”.

Is it en giva or ett giva?

It is en giva, and “the give” is givan.

What is the plural of giva?

The plural of giva is givor, and the definite plural is givorna.

What is the past tense of giva?

The past tense of giva is gav (“jag gav”). The supine is givit, used in “jag har givit”.

What is the present tense of giva?

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

Nearby common words

giva is number 4,369 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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4,366kyrkogård a cemetery, a graveyard
4,367stunda approach, draw near
4,368ryka smoke, be lost
4,370like equal
4,371tuffing rough customer
4,372ankomst arrival
4,373italienare Italian

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