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gränsa

abut, border (on)

Meaning

abut; border (on)

In Swedish: ligga intill

Conjugation

Conjugation of gränsa (abut)
Infinitive	att gränsa	to abut
Present	gränsar	jag gränsar
Past	gränsade	jag gränsade
Supine	gränsat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gränsat	jag har gränsat
Past perfect	hade gränsat	jag hade gränsat
Future	ska gränsa	or: kommer att gränsa
Conditional	skulle gränsa	jag skulle gränsa
Imperative	gränsa!	a command
Present participle	gränsande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gränsa
Infinitive	gränsas
Present	gränsas
Past	gränsades
Supine	gränsats

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 gränsar. See the four verb groups explained.

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gränsa in a sentence

bostadsområdet gränsar till parken
the residential area is adjacent to the park
ett intresse som gränsar till besatthet
a degree of interest bordering on obsession

Questions

What does gränsa mean in English?

gränsa means “abut, border (on)”.

What is the past tense of gränsa?

The past tense of gränsa is gränsade (“jag gränsade”). The supine is gränsat, used in “jag har gränsat”.

What is the present tense of gränsa?

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

Origin

From Late Old Swedish gränza.

Nearby common words

gränsa is number 2,352 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,348vetenskap science
2,349moster [maternal] aunt
2,350ingå be included in, form a part of
2,351tok idiot, fool
2,353skräp trash, junk
2,354ledning management, pipe
2,355löst solved
2,356dock yet, nevertheless, still; however

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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