Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

greja

busy oneself (with), fix, put right/ɡrɛja/

Meaning

busy oneself (with); fix; put right

In Swedish: syssla, pyssla

Conjugation

Conjugation of greja (busy oneself)
Infinitive	att greja	to busy oneself
Present	grejar	jag grejar
Past	grejade	jag grejade
Supine	grejat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har grejat	jag har grejat
Past perfect	hade grejat	jag hade grejat
Future	ska greja	or: kommer att greja
Conditional	skulle greja	jag skulle greja
Imperative	greja!	a command
Present participle	grejande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	grejad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of greja
Infinitive	grejas
Present	grejas
Past	grejades
Supine	grejats

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 grejar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

greja in a sentence

greja med cykeln
work on one's bicycle
det grejar sig
it will be okay
Jag grejar allt!
I'll fix everything!
Tror du hon kommer greja det här?
Do you think she will pull this off?
Jag grejar det!
I'll fix it!
Han sitter och grejar med någe på rummet.
He's on his room fiddling with something.
Jag har grejat med motorn.
Iv'e worked on the engine.

Questions

What does greja mean in English?

greja means “busy oneself (with), fix”.

What is the past tense of greja?

The past tense of greja is grejade (“jag grejade”). The supine is grejat, used in “jag har grejat”.

What is the present tense of greja?

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

Similar words

fixadonaklara

Origin

From Old Norse greiða.

Nearby common words

greja is number 2,065 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,061lade placed
2,062välsigna bless
2,063ledtråd a clue, a hint, a thread or rope a contestant is supposed to follow (e.g. through an obstacle course in a dark room)
2,064villig willing
2,066imponerande impressive
2,067mjölk milk
2,068lady Lady (aristocratic title for a woman), lady (wife of a lord)
2,069druckit drunk

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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