gottgöra
Meaning
make up for, make good, remedy, compensate
In Swedish: ersätta, kompensera
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att gottgöra | to make up for |
|---|---|---|
| Present | gottgör | jag gottgör |
| Past | gottgjorde | jag gottgjorde |
| Supine | gottgjort | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har gottgjort | jag har gottgjort |
| Past perfect | hade gottgjort | jag hade gottgjort |
| Future | ska gottgöra | or: kommer att gottgöra |
| Conditional | skulle gottgöra | jag skulle gottgöra |
| Imperative | gottgör! | a command |
| Present participle | gottgörande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | gottgjord | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | gottgöras |
|---|---|
| Present | gottgörs |
| Past | gottgjordes |
| Supine | gottgjorts |
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 gottgör. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise gottgöra
1 / 2Yesterday I … (gottgöra). Which is the past tense?
gottgöra in a sentence
- att gottgöra någonto make it up to someone
Questions
What does gottgöra mean in English?
gottgöra means “make up for, make good, remedy, compensate”.
What is the past tense of gottgöra?
The past tense of gottgöra is gottgjorde (“jag gottgjorde”). The supine is gottgjort, used in “jag har gottgjort”.
What is the present tense of gottgöra?
gottgör, the same for every person: jag gottgör, du gottgör, vi gottgör.
Similar words
Origin
gott (“good”) + göra (“make”)
Nearby common words
gottgöra is number 2,973 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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