Swedish verb

härja

ravage, lay waste; wreak havoc

Meaning

ravage, lay waste; wreak havoc

In Swedish: ödelägga; gå hårt fram

Conjugation

Conjugation of härja (ravage)
Infinitive	att härja	to ravage
Present	härjar	jag härjar
Past	härjade	jag härjade
Supine	härjat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har härjat	jag har härjat
Past perfect	hade härjat	jag hade härjat
Future	ska härja	or: kommer att härja
Conditional	skulle härja	jag skulle härja
Imperative	härja!	a command
Present participle	härjande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	härjad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of härja
Infinitive	härjas
Present	härjas
Past	härjades
Supine	härjats

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 härjar. See the four verb groups explained.

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härja in a sentence

barnen härjar på gården
the children are rollicking around in the yard
landet härjades av fienden
the country was laid waste by the enemy
influensan härjar
the flu is rife
Vikingarna härjade längs kusten
The Vikings ravaged (along) the coast
ett krigshärjat land
a war-torn ("war-ravaged") country
Barnen fick härja fritt
The children got to run wild ("ravage freely")

Questions

What does härja mean in English?

härja means “ravage, lay waste; wreak havoc”.

What is the past tense of härja?

The past tense of härja is härjade (“jag härjade”). The supine is härjat, used in “jag har härjat”.

What is the present tense of härja?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish hæria, from Old Norse herja, from Proto-Germanic *harjōną.

Nearby common words

härja is number 7,355 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,351permission leave
7,352skepnad figure; shape, guise
7,353systerson sororal nephew
7,354cape cape (sleeveless garment used by women)
7,356hemmafru housewife (married woman whose employment is housemaking)
7,357spontan spontaneous
7,358fisa fart
7,359konsul consul

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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