halshugga
Meaning
decapitate; behead
In Swedish: avrätta genom att hugga av huvudet
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att halshugga | to decapitate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | halshugger | jag halshugger |
| Past | halshögg | jag halshögg |
| Supine | halshuggit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har halshuggit | jag har halshuggit |
| Past perfect | hade halshuggit | jag hade halshuggit |
| Future | ska halshugga | or: kommer att halshugga |
| Conditional | skulle halshugga | jag skulle halshugga |
| Imperative | halshugg! | a command |
| Present participle | halshuggande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | halshuggen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | halshuggas |
|---|---|
| Present | halshuggs |
| Past | halshöggs |
| Supine | halshuggits |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use halshugger. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise halshugga
1 / 2Yesterday I … (halshugga). Which is the past tense?
halshugga in a sentence
- Terroristerna hade halshuggit honom.The terrorists had beheaded him.
Questions
What does halshugga mean in English?
halshugga means “decapitate, behead”.
What is the past tense of halshugga?
The past tense of halshugga is halshögg (“jag halshögg”). The supine is halshuggit, used in “jag har halshuggit”.
What is the present tense of halshugga?
halshugger, the same for every person: jag halshugger, du halshugger, vi halshugger.
Origin
hals (“throat”) + hugga (“cut”)
Nearby common words
halshugga is number 7,397 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,393evenemang event, occasion
- 7,394syntetisk synthetic
- 7,395uppvakta (call on to) congratulate, petition
- 7,396synhåll (within/out of) viewing distance (close or not close enough to be seen)
- 7,398from pious
- 7,399översvämma submerge, flood
- 7,400tomrum emptiness, void, an empty space
- 7,401reserverad reserved
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