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härska

prevail over, rule, dominate, reign

Meaning

prevail over; rule; dominate; reign; prevail; be prevalent

In Swedish: utöva fullständig makt

Conjugation

Conjugation of härska (prevail over)
Infinitive	att härska	to prevail over
Present	härskar	jag härskar
Past	härskade	jag härskade
Supine	härskat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har härskat	jag har härskat
Past perfect	hade härskat	jag hade härskat
Future	ska härska	or: kommer att härska
Conditional	skulle härska	jag skulle härska
Imperative	härska!	a command
Present participle	härskande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	härskad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of härska
Infinitive	härskas
Present	härskas
Past	härskades
Supine	härskats

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 härskar. See the four verb groups explained.

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härska in a sentence

den härskande klassen
the ruling class
ordning härskar i Berlin
in Berlin, order is the rule of the day

Questions

What does härska mean in English?

härska means “prevail over, rule”.

What is the past tense of härska?

The past tense of härska is härskade (“jag härskade”). The supine is härskat, used in “jag har härskat”.

What is the present tense of härska?

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

Origin

From German herrschen, from Middle High German hērison, from hēr (“noble, venerable”).

Nearby common words

härska is number 4,936 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,932förenta united
4,933fästa attach, fix
4,934delfin dolphin
4,935färdighet skill
4,937isolerad isolated
4,938bevilja grant, allow
4,939veterinär veterinary surgeon
4,940miljard billion (US), milliard

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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