glänsa
Meaning
shine; glisten; glitter
In Swedish: skina, blänka
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att glänsa | to shine |
|---|---|---|
| Present | glänser | jag glänser |
| Past | glänste | jag glänste |
| Supine | glänst | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har glänst | jag har glänst |
| Past perfect | hade glänst | jag hade glänst |
| Future | ska glänsa | or: kommer att glänsa |
| Conditional | skulle glänsa | jag skulle glänsa |
| Imperative | gläns! | a command |
| Present participle | glänsande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | glänsas |
|---|---|
| Present | glänses |
| Past | glänstes |
| Supine | glänsts |
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 glänser. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise glänsa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (glänsa). Which is the past tense?
glänsa in a sentence
- glänsa som guldglitter like gold
- Han städade köket tills det glänsteHe cleaned the kitchen till it shone
- Nisse glänste vid SM 2012Nisse shone at the 2012 Swedish Championship
Questions
What does glänsa mean in English?
glänsa means “shine, glisten”.
What is the past tense of glänsa?
The past tense of glänsa is glänste (“jag glänste”). The supine is glänst, used in “jag har glänst”.
What is the present tense of glänsa?
glänser, the same for every person: jag glänser, du glänser, vi glänser.
Similar words
Origin
From glans (“shine, brilliance”).
Nearby common words
glänsa is number 7,051 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,047dax pronunciation spelling of dags
- 7,048livnära to acquire one's means of subsistence; to make a living, to sustain oneself, to feed, to nourish, to sustain (like above, but for someone else)
- 7,049spar save
- 7,050fördömd condemned, denounced, blamed
- 7,052administration administration
- 7,053dråp manslaughter
- 7,054spädbarn an infant, a baby (very young human being, strictly up to twelve months old (in medical contexts and the like), but otherwise often more loosely up to a couple of years old, like English infant)
- 7,055raska to hurry
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