hoppa
Meaning
jump, leap, skip, bound
In Swedish: göra ett hopp, skutta
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att hoppa | to jump |
|---|---|---|
| Present | hoppar | jag hoppar |
| Past | hoppade | jag hoppade |
| Supine | hoppat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har hoppat | jag har hoppat |
| Past perfect | hade hoppat | jag hade hoppat |
| Future | ska hoppa | or: kommer att hoppa |
| Conditional | skulle hoppa | jag skulle hoppa |
| Imperative | hoppa! | a command |
| Present participle | hoppande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | hoppad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | hoppas |
|---|---|
| Present | hoppas |
| Past | hoppades |
| Supine | hoppats |
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 hoppar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise hoppa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (hoppa). Which is the past tense?
hoppa in a sentence
- hoppa ur bilenjump out of the car
- hoppa högt av förtjusningjump for joy
- hoppa över ett staketjump over a fence
- ett plattformsspel med en gubbe som hoppara platformer with a guy that jumps
Expressions
- han fick hoppa in ("vikariera med kort varsel") i rollen som Hamlethe had to take over as Hamlet
Questions
What does hoppa mean in English?
hoppa means “jump, leap, skip, bound”.
What is the past tense of hoppa?
The past tense of hoppa is hoppade (“jag hoppade”). The supine is hoppat, used in “jag har hoppat”.
What is the present tense of hoppa?
hoppar, the same for every person: jag hoppar, du hoppar, vi hoppar.
Similar words
skuttaskutt
Origin
From Old Swedish hoppa, huppa, from Old Norse hoppa, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend; a bend, joint”).
Nearby common words
hoppa is number 418 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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