hemsöka
Meaning
beset; plague; afflict
In Swedish: drabba (med svåra skador som följd)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att hemsöka | to beset |
|---|---|---|
| Present | hemsöker | jag hemsöker |
| Past | hemsökte | jag hemsökte |
| Supine | hemsökt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har hemsökt | jag har hemsökt |
| Past perfect | hade hemsökt | jag hade hemsökt |
| Future | ska hemsöka | or: kommer att hemsöka |
| Conditional | skulle hemsöka | jag skulle hemsöka |
| Imperative | hemsök! | a command |
| Present participle | hemsökande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | hemsökt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | hemsökas |
|---|---|
| Present | hemsöks |
| Past | hemsöktes |
| Supine | hemsökts |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use hemsöker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise hemsöka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (hemsöka). Which is the past tense?
hemsöka in a sentence
- landet hemsöktes av krigthe country was afflicted by war
- en hemsökt parka haunted park
Questions
What does hemsöka mean in English?
hemsöka means “beset, plague”.
What is the past tense of hemsöka?
The past tense of hemsöka is hemsökte (“jag hemsökte”). The supine is hemsökt, used in “jag har hemsökt”.
What is the present tense of hemsöka?
hemsöker, the same for every person: jag hemsöker, du hemsöker, vi hemsöker.
Similar words
Origin
Equivalent to hem + söka, from Old Swedish hemsøkning, from Middle Low German heimsoken.
Nearby common words
hemsöka is number 6,436 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 6,437besvärjelse incantation, invocation
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- 6,440streck stroke, line
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