Swedish verb

gnida

scrape, rub, be stingy

Meaning

scrape; rub; be stingy

In Swedish: gnugga, gno, stryka

Conjugation

Conjugation of gnida (scrape)
Infinitive	att gnida	to scrape
Present	gnider	jag gnider
Past	gned	jag gned
Supine	gnidit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gnidit	jag har gnidit
Past perfect	hade gnidit	jag hade gnidit
Future	ska gnida	or: kommer att gnida
Conditional	skulle gnida	jag skulle gnida
Imperative	gnid!	a command
Present participle	gnidande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	gniden	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gnida
Infinitive	gnidas
Present	gnids
Past	gneds
Supine	gnidits

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 gnider. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (gnida). Which is the past tense?

gnida in a sentence

gnida sig i ögonen
rub one's eyes
spara och gnida
pinch and scrape

Questions

What does gnida mean in English?

gnida means “scrape, rub”.

What is the past tense of gnida?

The past tense of gnida is gned (“jag gned”). The supine is gnidit, used in “jag har gnidit”.

What is the present tense of gnida?

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

Similar words

gnuggastryka

Origin

From Old Norse gníða, from Proto-Germanic *gnīdaną.

Nearby common words

gnida is number 6,925 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,921avliva destroy, put away
6,922raseri fury
6,923tomhänt empty-handed
6,924själviska selfish
6,926flå skin, flay
6,927inhemsk domestic
6,928knop knot
6,929singla float, dance

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