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gömma

conceal, hide, keep, put aside

gömma as a verb

Meaning

conceal; hide; keep; put aside; save

In Swedish: dölja

Conjugation

Conjugation of gömma (conceal)
Infinitive	att gömma	to conceal
Present	gömmer	jag gömmer
Past	gömde	jag gömde
Supine	gömt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har gömt	jag har gömt
Past perfect	hade gömt	jag hade gömt
Future	ska gömma	or: kommer att gömma
Conditional	skulle gömma	jag skulle gömma
Imperative	göm!	a command
Present participle	gömmande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	gömd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of gömma
Infinitive	gömmas
Present	gömms
Past	gömdes
Supine	gömts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use gömmer. See the four verb groups explained.

gömma as a noun(en gömma)

Meaning

place where things are hidden or stashed away

Forms

Forms of gömma
Singular, indefinite	en gömma
Singular, definite	gömman
Plural, indefinite	gömmor
Plural, definite	gömmorna

gömma is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor gömma, den stora gömman. Check another noun

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gömma in a sentence

gömma något bakom ryggen
hide sth. behind one's back
gömma något till senare
keep sth. for later
Hunden gömde sig under sängen.
The dog hid under the bed.

Questions

What does gömma mean in English?

gömma means “conceal, hide”.

Is it en gömma or ett gömma?

It is en gömma, and “the place where things are hidden or stashed away” is gömman.

What is the plural of gömma?

The plural of gömma is gömmor, and the definite plural is gömmorna.

What is the past tense of gömma?

The past tense of gömma is gömde (“jag gömde”). The supine is gömt, used in “jag har gömt”.

What is the present tense of gömma?

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

Similar words

skyladölja

Origin

From Old Swedish gø̄ma, from Old Norse geyma, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną.

Nearby common words

gömma is number 654 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

650kontor office
651skaffa get, get hold of, obtain, procure, find; furnish, provide, do
652byta exchange, change
653misstag mistake
655synd pity, shame
656enligt according to
657må may, might (just)
658lycka happiness, luck

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary