gratulera
Meaning
congratulate
In Swedish: lyckönska
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att gratulera | to congratulate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | gratulerar | jag gratulerar |
| Past | gratulerade | jag gratulerade |
| Supine | gratulerat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har gratulerat | jag har gratulerat |
| Past perfect | hade gratulerat | jag hade gratulerat |
| Future | ska gratulera | or: kommer att gratulera |
| Conditional | skulle gratulera | jag skulle gratulera |
| Imperative | gratulera! | a command |
| Present participle | gratulerande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | gratulerad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | gratuleras |
|---|---|
| Present | gratuleras |
| Past | gratulerades |
| Supine | gratulerats |
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 gratulerar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise gratulera
1 / 2Yesterday I … (gratulera). Which is the past tense?
gratulera in a sentence
- de gratulerade henne till den nya tjänstenthey congratulated her on her new job
Questions
What does gratulera mean in English?
gratulera means “congratulate”.
What is the past tense of gratulera?
The past tense of gratulera is gratulerade (“jag gratulerade”). The supine is gratulerat, used in “jag har gratulerat”.
What is the present tense of gratulera?
gratulerar, the same for every person: jag gratulerar, du gratulerar, vi gratulerar.
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin grātulārī, from grātia (“favor, esteem, regard, liking, love, friendship, partiality”).
Nearby common words
gratulera is number 4,181 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary