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gripa

seize, grasp, capture, catch/ˈɡriːpa/

Meaning

seize; grasp; capture; catch

In Swedish: ta, fatta, hugga tag i

Conjugation

Conjugation of gripa (seize)
Infinitive	att gripa	to seize
Present	griper	jag griper
Past	grep	jag grep
Supine	gripit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gripit	jag har gripit
Past perfect	hade gripit	jag hade gripit
Future	ska gripa	or: kommer att gripa
Conditional	skulle gripa	jag skulle gripa
Imperative	grip!	a command
Present participle	gripande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	gripen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gripa
Infinitive	gripas
Present	grips
Past	greps
Supine	gripits

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 griper. See the four verb groups explained.

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gripa in a sentence

gripas av panik
be seized with panic
gripa en chans
seize an opportunity
gripa en brottsling
apprehend a criminal
Scenen grep oss alla mycket djupt.
The scene deeply touched all of us.

Questions

What does gripa mean in English?

gripa means “seize, grasp”.

What is the past tense of gripa?

The past tense of gripa is grep (“jag grep”). The supine is gripit, used in “jag har gripit”.

What is the present tense of gripa?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish grīpa, from Old Norse grípa (“to grab”), from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grasp, grab”).

Nearby common words

gripa is number 1,170 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,166ombord on board
1,167luft air
1,168vin wine
1,169inblandad involved
1,172boken the book
1,173dessutom besides, moreover
1,174van used to
1,175tecken sign, character

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