Swedish verb

hiva

to heave

Meaning

to heave

Conjugation

Conjugation of hiva (heave)
Infinitive	att hiva	to heave
Present	hivar	jag hivar
Past	hivade	jag hivade
Supine	hivat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hivat	jag har hivat
Past perfect	hade hivat	jag hade hivat
Future	ska hiva	or: kommer att hiva
Conditional	skulle hiva	jag skulle hiva
Imperative	hiva!	a command
Present participle	hivande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hivad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hiva
Infinitive	hivas
Present	hivas
Past	hivades
Supine	hivats

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 hivar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

hiva in a sentence

De hivade hela rasket
They got rid of everything
Bergsklättraren hivade sig upp på avsatsen
The mountain climber heaved himself onto the ledge

Questions

What does hiva mean in English?

hiva means “to heave”.

What is the past tense of hiva?

The past tense of hiva is hivade (“jag hivade”). The supine is hivat, used in “jag har hivat”.

What is the present tense of hiva?

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

Origin

Borrowed from English heave.

Nearby common words

hiva is number 8,841 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,837sjal a shawl, a scarf (worn around the neck)
8,838snurrig giddy, crazy
8,839tjugofem twenty-five
8,840paranormal paranormal
8,842ojdå synonym of oj
8,843afrikansk African
8,844bombad bombed, stupid
8,845avgud a false god; an idol

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