glöda
Meaning
glow
In Swedish: ge ifrån sig hetta och ljus (utan rök och eld)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att glöda | to glow |
|---|---|---|
| Present | glöder | jag glöder |
| Past | glödde | jag glödde |
| Supine | glött | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har glött | jag har glött |
| Past perfect | hade glött | jag hade glött |
| Future | ska glöda | or: kommer att glöda |
| Conditional | skulle glöda | jag skulle glöda |
| Imperative | glöd! | a command |
| Present participle | glödande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | glödas |
|---|---|
| Present | glöds |
| Past | glöddes |
| Supine | glötts |
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 glöder. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise glöda
1 / 2Yesterday I … (glöda). Which is the past tense?
glöda in a sentence
- glödande kinderglowing cheeks
- glödande järnred-hot iron
Questions
What does glöda mean in English?
glöda means “glow”.
What is the past tense of glöda?
The past tense of glöda is glödde (“jag glödde”). The supine is glött, used in “jag har glött”.
What is the present tense of glöda?
glöder, the same for every person: jag glöder, du glöder, vi glöder.
Origin
From Old Swedish glø̄dha.
Nearby common words
glöda is number 6,029 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,025gudskelov thank goodness
- 6,026labyrint maze, labyrinth
- 6,027scenario scenario
- 6,028övermorgon the day after tomorrow, day after tomorrow
- 6,030uppstod arose
- 6,031stryker alternative form of Stryker
- 6,032hjort deer
- 6,033sammanhang consistency, coherence, connection
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