Swedish verb

gnaga

gnaw, nibble/²ɡnɑːɡa/

Meaning

gnaw; nibble

In Swedish: skrapa med tänderna, knapra

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnaga (gnaw)
Infinitive	att gnaga	to gnaw
Present	gnager	jag gnager
Past	gnagde	jag gnagde
Supine	gnagt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gnagt	jag har gnagt
Past perfect	hade gnagt	jag hade gnagt
Future	ska gnaga	or: kommer att gnaga
Conditional	skulle gnaga	jag skulle gnaga
Imperative	gnag!	a command
Present participle	gnagande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	gnagd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gnaga
Infinitive	gnagas
Present	gnags
Past	gnagdes
Supine	gnagts

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 gnager. See the four verb groups explained.

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gnaga in a sentence

hunden gnager på benet
the dog gnaws at the bone
gnaga på ett ben
gnaw on a bone
gnagande tvivel
nagging doubts

Questions

What does gnaga mean in English?

gnaga means “gnaw, nibble”.

What is the past tense of gnaga?

The past tense of gnaga is gnagde (“jag gnagde”). The supine is gnagt, used in “jag har gnagt”.

What is the present tense of gnaga?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish gnagha, from Old Norse gnaga, from Proto-Germanic *gnaganą.

Nearby common words

gnaga is number 8,633 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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8,630poster a poster; picture of celebrity, activity etc. to be posted
8,631besynnerlig peculiar, odd
8,632frånskild divorced
8,634oreda disorder
8,635oslagbar unbeatable
8,636porslin porcelain
8,637sirap syrup, treacle

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