Swedish verb

hänvisa

direct, refer

Meaning

direct; refer

In Swedish: visa var man kan få hjälp

Conjugation

Conjugation of hänvisa (direct)
Infinitive	att hänvisa	to direct
Present	hänvisar	jag hänvisar
Past	hänvisade	jag hänvisade
Supine	hänvisat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hänvisat	jag har hänvisat
Past perfect	hade hänvisat	jag hade hänvisat
Future	ska hänvisa	or: kommer att hänvisa
Conditional	skulle hänvisa	jag skulle hänvisa
Imperative	hänvisa!	a command
Present participle	hänvisande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hänvisad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hänvisa
Infinitive	hänvisas
Present	hänvisas
Past	hänvisades
Supine	hänvisats

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 hänvisar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (hänvisa). Which is the past tense?

hänvisa in a sentence

hon hänvisar till tidigare undersökningar
she refers to previous studies

Questions

What does hänvisa mean in English?

hänvisa means “direct, refer”.

What is the past tense of hänvisa?

The past tense of hänvisa is hänvisade (“jag hänvisade”). The supine is hänvisat, used in “jag har hänvisat”.

What is the present tense of hänvisa?

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

Similar words

syfta

Origin

hän + visa

Nearby common words

hänvisa is number 6,712 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,708danska Danish, Dane
6,709möss mice
6,710knut knot, splice
6,711främre front
6,713styck one
6,714terminal terminal
6,715nutid present (current time)
6,716sedel bill (US), (bank-)note

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