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glömma

forget, neglect

Meaning

forget; neglect

In Swedish: inte minnas, förlora ur minnet

Conjugation

Conjugation of glömma (forget)
Infinitive	att glömma	to forget
Present	glömmer	jag glömmer
Past	glömde	jag glömde
Supine	glömt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har glömt	jag har glömt
Past perfect	hade glömt	jag hade glömt
Future	ska glömma	or: kommer att glömma
Conditional	skulle glömma	jag skulle glömma
Imperative	glöm!	a command
Present participle	glömmande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	glömd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of glömma
Infinitive	glömmas
Present	glömms
Past	glömdes
Supine	glömts

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 glömmer. See the four verb groups explained.

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glömma in a sentence

glömma (bort) någons födelsedag
forget sby's birthday
glömma sitt paraply på bussen
forget one's umbrella on the bus
Jag glömde att köpa mjölk.
I forgot to buy milk.

Words built with glömma

bortglömd forgotten

Questions

What does glömma mean in English?

glömma means “forget, neglect”.

What is the past tense of glömma?

The past tense of glömma is glömde (“jag glömde”). The supine is glömt, used in “jag har glömt”.

What is the present tense of glömma?

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

Similar words

inte komma ihågförgäta

Origin

From Old Swedish gløma, from Old Norse gleyma.

Nearby common words

glömma is number 246 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

242visa show
243polis police, policeman
244fru wife, Mrs.
245verka seem, work
247pengar money
248enda only, single
249namn name
250ens even

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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