Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

grunda

found, prime, base, supportAlso the plural of grund.

Meaning

found; prime; base; support

In Swedish: inrätta, starta

Conjugation

Conjugation of grunda (found)
Infinitive	att grunda	to found
Present	grundar	jag grundar
Past	grundade	jag grundade
Supine	grundat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har grundat	jag har grundat
Past perfect	hade grundat	jag hade grundat
Future	ska grunda	or: kommer att grunda
Conditional	skulle grunda	jag skulle grunda
Imperative	grunda!	a command
Present participle	grundande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	grundad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of grunda
Infinitive	grundas
Present	grundas
Past	grundades
Supine	grundats

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 grundar. See the four verb groups explained.

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grunda in a sentence

banken grundades 1856
the bank was founded in 1856
grunda sina åsikter på något
Base one's opinions on sth.
grunda sig på något
Be base on sth.
Staden grundades under medeltiden.
The city was founded during the Middle Ages.
Mina åsikter är grundade på åratal av studier
My opinions are based on years of study
Vad grundar du det på?
On what do you base that?
ett land grundat på demokratiska principer
a country founded on democratic principles
grunda med vit målarfärg
prime with white paint

Questions

What does grunda mean in English?

grunda means “found, prime”.

What is the past tense of grunda?

The past tense of grunda is grundade (“jag grundade”). The supine is grundat, used in “jag har grundat”.

What is the present tense of grunda?

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

Similar words

stadfästabaseraetablera

Origin

grund + -a

Nearby common words

grunda is number 3,345 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,341skippa skip
3,342blödning hemorrhage (US), haemorrhage
3,343källarplan basement level; the floor, or one of the floors, beneath street level
3,344goa to trick someone into going to a place and then beat up or murder them
3,346beställd ordered
3,347ko cow
3,348avlägsna remove, dismiss
3,349väck lost, gone (not found), out of it, gone, very intoxicated, not aware of what's going on

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