Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

hugga

hew, chop, cut, slash

Meaning

hew; chop; cut; slash; strike; carve; bite

In Swedish: slå med vasst föremål

Conjugation

Conjugation of hugga (hew)
Infinitive	att hugga	to hew
Present	hugger	jag hugger
Past	högg	jag högg
Supine	huggit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har huggit	jag har huggit
Past perfect	hade huggit	jag hade huggit
Future	ska hugga	or: kommer att hugga
Conditional	skulle hugga	jag skulle hugga
Imperative	hugg!	a command
Present participle	huggande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	huggen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hugga
Infinitive	huggas
Present	huggs
Past	höggs
Supine	huggits

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 hugger. See the four verb groups explained.

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hugga in a sentence

hugga ved
chop wood
hugga en julgran
cut a tree for Christmas
fisken hugger
the fish are biting
hunden högg mig i benet
the dog bit me in the leg
Han högg honom i armen med kniven
He stabbed him in the arm with the knife
Han högg av honom armen med macheten
He chopped his arm off with the machete
Han högg ner ett träd
He cut down a tree
Han högg ved
He chopped wood

Expressions

hugga i sten
go wide of the mark

Questions

What does hugga mean in English?

hugga means “hew, chop”.

What is the past tense of hugga?

The past tense of hugga is högg (“jag högg”). The supine is huggit, used in “jag har huggit”.

What is the present tense of hugga?

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

Similar words

bilanappa

Origin

From Old Swedish hugga, from Old Norse hǫggva, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kowH-.

Nearby common words

hugga is number 2,347 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,343avsnitt section, part
2,344tiger tiger
2,345levt lived
2,346svek failed
2,348vetenskap science
2,349moster [maternal] aunt
2,350ingå be included in, form a part of
2,351tok idiot, fool

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