hemlighålla
Meaning
keep secret; conceal
In Swedish: förtiga, dölja
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att hemlighålla | to keep secret |
|---|---|---|
| Present | hemlighåller | jag hemlighåller |
| Past | hemlighöll | jag hemlighöll |
| Supine | hemlighållit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har hemlighållit | jag har hemlighållit |
| Past perfect | hade hemlighållit | jag hade hemlighållit |
| Future | ska hemlighålla | or: kommer att hemlighålla |
| Conditional | skulle hemlighålla | jag skulle hemlighålla |
| Imperative | hemlighåll! | a command |
| Present participle | hemlighållande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | hemlighållen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | hemlighållas |
|---|---|
| Present | hemlighålls |
| Past | hemlighölls |
| Supine | hemlighållits |
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 hemlighåller. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise hemlighålla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (hemlighålla). Which is the past tense?
hemlighålla in a sentence
- resultaten har hemlighållitsthe results have been kept secret
Questions
What does hemlighålla mean in English?
hemlighålla means “keep secret, conceal”.
What is the past tense of hemlighålla?
The past tense of hemlighålla is hemlighöll (“jag hemlighöll”). The supine is hemlighållit, used in “jag har hemlighållit”.
What is the present tense of hemlighålla?
hemlighåller, the same for every person: jag hemlighåller, du hemlighåller, vi hemlighåller.
Similar words
förtigadöljaundanhålla
Origin
hemlig (“secret”) + hålla (“hold, keep”)
Nearby common words
hemlighålla is number 9,023 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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