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Swedish verb

hösta

to harvest

Meaning

to harvest

Conjugation

Conjugation of hösta (harvest)
Infinitiveatt höstato harvest
Presenthöstarjag höstar
Pasthöstadejag höstade
Supinehöstatused after har / hade
Perfecthar höstatjag har höstat
Past perfecthade höstatjag hade höstat
Futureska höstaor: kommer att hösta
Conditionalskulle höstajag skulle hösta
Imperativehösta!a command
Present participlehöstande-ing, used as an adjective
Past participlehöstadused like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hösta
Infinitivehöstas
Presenthöstas
Pasthöstades
Supinehöstats

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 höstar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Questions

What does hösta mean in English?

hösta means “to harvest”.

What is the past tense of hösta?

The past tense of hösta is höstade (“jag höstade”). The supine is höstat, used in “jag har höstat”.

What is the present tense of hösta?

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

Origin

From höst + -a, from Old Norse hausta.

Nearby common words

hösta is number 7,913 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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  • 7,911tidsresa an act of time travel
  • 7,912siktad sifted
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  • 7,915aktivt active
  • 7,916antenn aerial, antenna (US)
  • 7,917rynka wrinkle
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