Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

glädja

delight, please, give pleasure

Meaning

delight; please; give pleasure

In Swedish: göra glad

Conjugation

Conjugation of glädja (delight)
Infinitive	att glädja	to delight
Present	gläder	jag gläder
Past	gladde	jag gladde
Supine	glatt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har glatt	jag har glatt
Past perfect	hade glatt	jag hade glatt
Future	ska glädja	or: kommer att glädja
Conditional	skulle glädja	jag skulle glädja
Imperative	gläd!	a command
Present participle	glädjande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	gladd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of glädja
Infinitive	glädjas
Present	gläds
Past	gladdes
Supine	glatts

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 gläder. See the four verb groups explained.

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glädja in a sentence

han gladde publiken med en nyskriven visa
he delighted the audience with a newly written song
Det gladde mig att höra.
I was happy to hear that.
Han glädjer sig åt att äntligen ha semester
He is happy to finally be on vacation

Questions

What does glädja mean in English?

glädja means “delight, please”.

What is the past tense of glädja?

The past tense of glädja is gladde (“jag gladde”). The supine is glatt, used in “jag har glatt”.

What is the present tense of glädja?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish glæþia, glæþa, from Old Norse gleðja, from Proto-Germanic *gladjaną, derived from Proto-Germanic *gladaz.

Nearby common words

glädja is number 2,963 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,959gul yellow
2,960fattad taken, grasped, understood
2,961generation generation
2,962reklam advertising, publicity
2,964bekämpa control, fight
2,966go good, alternative form of god (chiefly of taste)
2,967ty to cling to, to turn to [someone/something] for protection or comfort.
2,968blyg timid, shy

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