Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

hamna

land, end up

Meaning

land; end up

In Swedish: (händelsevis) komma, bli placerad

Conjugation

Conjugation of hamna (land)
Infinitive	att hamna	to land
Present	hamnar	jag hamnar
Past	hamnade	jag hamnade
Supine	hamnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hamnat	jag har hamnat
Past perfect	hade hamnat	jag hade hamnat
Future	ska hamna	or: kommer att hamna
Conditional	skulle hamna	jag skulle hamna
Imperative	hamna!	a command
Present participle	hamnande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hamna
Infinitive	hamnas
Present	hamnas
Past	hamnades
Supine	hamnats

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 hamnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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hamna in a sentence

riskera att hamna i ett sämre läge
risk ending up in a worse position than before
hon hamnade i Paris
she ended up in Paris

Questions

What does hamna mean in English?

hamna means “land, end up”.

What is the past tense of hamna?

The past tense of hamna is hamnade (“jag hamnade”). The supine is hamnat, used in “jag har hamnat”.

What is the present tense of hamna?

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

Origin

hamn + -a

Nearby common words

hamna is number 682 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

678sköt shot, fired
679mål goal, target
680bjuda invite, offer
681drog drew, extracted
683stad city, town
684välkommen welcome
685dansa dance
686lät sounded, let

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