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hinna

reach, advance, manage, have time

hinna as a verb

Meaning

reach; advance; manage; have time

In Swedish: komma i tid, nå fram

Conjugation

Conjugation of hinna (reach)
Infinitive	att hinna	to reach
Present	hinner	jag hinner
Past	hann	jag hann
Supine	hunnit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hunnit	jag har hunnit
Past perfect	hade hunnit	jag hade hunnit
Future	ska hinna	or: kommer att hinna
Conditional	skulle hinna	jag skulle hinna
Imperative	hinn!	a command
Present participle	hinnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hunnen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hinna
Infinitive	hinnas
Present	hinns
Past	hanns
Supine	hunnits

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 hinner. See the four verb groups explained.

hinna as a noun(en hinna)

Meaning

skin; film; membrane

In Swedish: tunt skikt

Forms

Forms of hinna
Singular, indefinite	en hinna
Singular, definite	hinnan
Plural, indefinite	hinnor
Plural, definite	hinnorna

hinna is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor hinna, den stora hinnan. Check another noun

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hinna in a sentence

han hann inte med bussen
he didn't make (missed) the bus
vi hinner inte behandla alla ansökningar
we won't have time to deal with all the applications
Bussen går om fem minuter, så vi hinner inte leka lekar just nu.
The bus leaves in five minutes, so we don't have time to play games right now.
En kilometer – så långt hann skeppet segla innan det sjönk.
One kilometer – that's how far the ship made it before it sank.
Skeppet hann (segla) en kilometer innan det sjönk.
The ship made it one kilometer before it sank.
Det hann bli mörkt innan vi kom hem.
It was dark before we got home.
Mitt schema är fullspäckat, så jag hinner tyvärr inte idag.
My schedule is packed, so unfortunately I don't have the time today.
Hann du läsa alla sidorna?
Did you manage to read all the pages in time? / Did you have time to read all the pages?
en tunn hinna av is
a thin layer of ice
slemhinna
mucous membrane

Words built with hinna

trumhinna eardrum
näthinna retina

Questions

What does hinna mean in English?

hinna means “reach, advance”.

Is it en hinna or ett hinna?

It is en hinna, and “the skin” is hinnan.

What is the plural of hinna?

The plural of hinna is hinnor, and the definite plural is hinnorna.

What is the past tense of hinna?

The past tense of hinna is hann (“jag hann”). The supine is hunnit, used in “jag har hunnit”.

What is the present tense of hinna?

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

Similar words

filmmembranhölje

Origin

From Old Norse *hinna (“to reach”), from Proto-Germanic *hinþaną.

Nearby common words

hinna is number 917 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

913cool cool
914falla fall
915kall cool, cold
916vita egg white
918skål bowl, basin
919armé army
920pass about, passport
921kula ball

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