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hissa

hoist, toss

Meaning

hoist; toss

In Swedish: förflytta uppåt med lyftanordning

Conjugation

Conjugation of hissa (hoist)
Infinitive	att hissa	to hoist
Present	hissar	jag hissar
Past	hissade	jag hissade
Supine	hissat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hissat	jag har hissat
Past perfect	hade hissat	jag hade hissat
Future	ska hissa	or: kommer att hissa
Conditional	skulle hissa	jag skulle hissa
Imperative	hissa!	a command
Present participle	hissande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hissad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hissa
Infinitive	hissas
Present	hissas
Past	hissades
Supine	hissats

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 hissar. See the four verb groups explained.

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hissa in a sentence

hissa flaggan
hoist the flag
segraren hissades av sina kamrater
the victor was tossed by his friends
att hissa segel
to hoist the sail(s)
hissa upp vindbryggan
raise the drawbridge
hissa upp hinken ur brunnen
pull up the bucket from the well [can also be expressed with veva if with a crank]
hissa ner hinken i brunnen
lower the bucket into the well

Questions

What does hissa mean in English?

hissa means “hoist, toss”.

What is the past tense of hissa?

The past tense of hissa is hissade (“jag hissade”). The supine is hissat, used in “jag har hissat”.

What is the present tense of hissa?

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

Origin

From Dutch hijsen or Middle Low German hissen.

Nearby common words

hissa is number 3,188 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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3,185dagbok a diary
3,186träda step, go
3,187bet bit
3,189korsa cross
3,190överlevande survivor
3,191imorse this morning
3,192aktie share, (stock (US))

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