Swedish interjection · verb· top 5,000 most common

hurra

hurrah, hurray/hɵˈrɑː/

hurra as an interjection

Meaning

hurrah, hurray

hurra as a verb

Meaning

cheer

In Swedish: ropa hurra

Conjugation

Conjugation of hurra (cheer)
Infinitive	att hurra	to cheer
Present	hurrar	jag hurrar
Past	hurrade	jag hurrade
Supine	hurrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hurrat	jag har hurrat
Past perfect	hade hurrat	jag hade hurrat
Future	ska hurra	or: kommer att hurra
Conditional	skulle hurra	jag skulle hurra
Imperative	hurra!	a command
Present participle	hurrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hurrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hurra
Infinitive	hurras
Present	hurras
Past	hurrades
Supine	hurrats

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 hurrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does hurra mean?

hurra in a sentence

Hipp hipp hurra!
Hip, hip, hurrah!
Hurra, vi får ledigt imorgon!
Hurrah! We've got tomorrow off!
ropa hurra
cheer
vi hurrar för hundraåringen
let's cheer the centenarian

Expressions

inget att hurra för
nothing to write home about

Questions

What does hurra mean in English?

hurra means “hurrah, hurray”.

What is the past tense of hurra?

The past tense of hurra is hurrade (“jag hurrade”). The supine is hurrat, used in “jag har hurrat”.

What is the present tense of hurra?

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

Origin

Of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from German hurren (“to hasten”); see hurra.

Nearby common words

hurra is number 3,161 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,157kommunikation communication
3,158gemensam common, collective, common
3,159super perfect, super, excellent, great
3,160brittiska a female Brit (British woman)
3,162åtala indict, prosecute
3,163heja greet, support
3,164uppföra build, perform
3,165skedde happened, occurred

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