gro
Meaning
germinate, sprout
In Swedish: börja växa, komma upp, spira
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att gro | to germinate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | gror | jag gror |
| Past | grodde | jag grodde |
| Supine | grott | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har grott | jag har grott |
| Past perfect | hade grott | jag hade grott |
| Future | ska gro | or: kommer att gro |
| Conditional | skulle gro | jag skulle gro |
| Imperative | gro! | a command |
| Present participle | groende | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | grodd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | gros |
|---|---|
| Present | gros |
| Past | groddes |
| Supine | grotts |
Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use gror. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise gro
1 / 2Yesterday I … (gro). Which is the past tense?
gro in a sentence
- fröna grorthe seeds are sprouting
Questions
What does gro mean in English?
gro means “germinate, sprout”.
What is the past tense of gro?
The past tense of gro is grodde (“jag grodde”). The supine is grott, used in “jag har grott”.
What is the present tense of gro?
gror, the same for every person: jag gror, du gror, vi gror.
Origin
From Old Norse gróa.
Nearby common words
gro is number 9,668 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 9,664oturligt unfortunately
- 9,665definitiv definitive
- 9,666kallblodig cold-blooded, ectothermic (having an unregulated body temperature), cold-blooded (lacking emotion or compunction)
- 9,667täppa stop (up), clog
- 9,669helskinnad unscathed, unharmed
- 9,670kommersiell commercial
- 9,671djävulsk evil, diabolic
- 9,672oavsiktligt unintentionally
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