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hysa

put up, accommodate, house, entertain

Meaning

put up; accommodate; house; entertain; harbour; nurse

In Swedish: ge plats åt, ha hos sig

Conjugation

Conjugation of hysa (put up)
Infinitive	att hysa	to put up
Present	hyser	jag hyser
Past	hyste	jag hyste
Supine	hyst	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hyst	jag har hyst
Past perfect	hade hyst	jag hade hyst
Future	ska hysa	or: kommer att hysa
Conditional	skulle hysa	jag skulle hysa
Imperative	hys!	a command
Present participle	hysande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hyst	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hysa
Infinitive	hysas
Present	hyses
Past	hystes
Supine	hysts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use hyser. See the four verb groups explained.

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hysa in a sentence

hysa misstro
entertain suspicions
hysa en gäst
put up a guest
hysa respekt
have respect for
hysa agg
bear ill-feeling
hysa tvivel
harbor doubts

Questions

What does hysa mean in English?

hysa means “put up, accommodate”.

What is the past tense of hysa?

The past tense of hysa is hyste (“jag hyste”). The supine is hyst, used in “jag har hyst”.

What is the present tense of hysa?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish hysa, from Old Norse hýsa, from Proto-Germanic *hūsijaną, equivalent to hus + -a.

Nearby common words

hysa is number 4,478 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,474stipendium grant, scholarship
4,475karantän quarantine
4,476eskortera to escort (accompany as a safeguard), to escort (lead)
4,477försegla seal
4,479trakt parts, region
4,480backe slope, hill
4,481gapa open one's mouth (wide), bawl
4,482amatör amateur

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