Swedish verb · interjection· top 5,000 most common

heja

greet, support, cheer (on)/²hɛja/

heja as a verb

Meaning

greet; support; cheer (on)

In Swedish: säga hej (till)

Conjugation

Conjugation of heja (greet)
Infinitive	att heja	to greet
Present	hejar	jag hejar
Past	hejade	jag hejade
Supine	hejat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hejat	jag har hejat
Past perfect	hade hejat	jag hade hejat
Future	ska heja	or: kommer att heja
Conditional	skulle heja	jag skulle heja
Imperative	heja!	a command
Present participle	hejande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of heja
Infinitive	hejas
Present	hejas
Past	hejades
Supine	hejats

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 hejar. See the four verb groups explained.

heja as an interjection

Meaning

come on!

In Swedish: uppmuntrande tillrop

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Yesterday I … (heja). Which is the past tense?

heja in a sentence

de hejade på det förlorande laget
they cheered the team which was losing
Jag hejar på Manchester United
I root for Manchester United
Vilket lag hejar du på?
Which team are you rooting for?
Heja IFK!
Come on IFK!
Heja Sverige!
Go Sweden!

Words built with heja

hejarklack supporters, fans

Questions

What does heja mean in English?

heja means “greet, support”.

What is the past tense of heja?

The past tense of heja is hejade (“jag hejade”). The supine is hejat, used in “jag har hejat”.

What is the present tense of heja?

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

Similar words

morsapeppa

Origin

hej + -a.

Nearby common words

heja is number 3,163 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,159super perfect, super, excellent, great
3,160brittiska a female Brit (British woman)
3,161hurra hurrah, hurray
3,162åtala indict, prosecute
3,164uppföra build, perform
3,165skedde happened, occurred
3,166nerv nerve
3,167flippa to flip, to flip out (go berserk or crazy), to flip (the ball, in soccer)

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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