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grabba

catch, to grab

Meaning

catch; to grab

Conjugation

Conjugation of grabba (catch)
Infinitive	att grabba	to catch
Present	grabbar	jag grabbar
Past	grabbade	jag grabbade
Supine	grabbat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har grabbat	jag har grabbat
Past perfect	hade grabbat	jag hade grabbat
Future	ska grabba	or: kommer att grabba
Conditional	skulle grabba	jag skulle grabba
Imperative	grabba!	a command
Present participle	grabbande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	grabbad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of grabba
Infinitive	grabbas
Present	grabbas
Past	grabbades
Supine	grabbats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use grabbar. See the four verb groups explained.

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grabba in a sentence

grabba tag i någon/något
grab hold of someone/something
grabba åt sig
grab for oneself (take greedily)

Questions

What does grabba mean in English?

grabba means “catch, to grab”.

What is the past tense of grabba?

The past tense of grabba is grabbade (“jag grabbade”). The supine is grabbat, used in “jag har grabbat”.

What is the present tense of grabba?

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

Origin

From Proto-Germanic *grabōną, related to English grab; see there for more.

Nearby common words

grabba is number 889 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

885uppskatta appreciate, estimate
886älskad loved, beloved
887äga own
888behövs need
890allvarligt serious, seriously
891avsluta complete, finish
892låna borrow, lend
893hungrig starving, hungry

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary