Swedish verb · noun· top 1,000 most common

hälsa

salute, greet, bid welcome, send word

hälsa as a verb

Meaning

salute; greet; bid welcome; send word

In Swedish: säga goddag, välkomna

Conjugation

Conjugation of hälsa (salute)
Infinitive	att hälsa	to salute
Present	hälsar	jag hälsar
Past	hälsade	jag hälsade
Supine	hälsat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hälsat	jag har hälsat
Past perfect	hade hälsat	jag hade hälsat
Future	ska hälsa	or: kommer att hälsa
Conditional	skulle hälsa	jag skulle hälsa
Imperative	hälsa!	a command
Present participle	hälsande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hälsad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hälsa
Infinitive	hälsas
Present	hälsas
Past	hälsades
Supine	hälsats

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 hälsar. See the four verb groups explained.

hälsa as a noun(en hälsa)

Meaning

health

In Swedish: tillstånd där man mår bra, friskhet

Forms

Forms of hälsa
Singular, indefinite	en hälsa
Singular, definite	hälsan

hälsa is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor hälsa, den stora hälsan. Check another noun

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hälsa in a sentence

de hälsar artigt på varandra
they greeted each other courteously
du kan hälsa henne att jag kommer
you can tell her I'll be coming
hälsar på
calls round (on sby), drops in (to see sby)
Han hälsade på Olle
He greeted Olle
Jag hälsar dig välkommen
I bid you welcome
Nisse hälsar att den nya kebabsåsen är en stor förbättring
Nisse sends word that the new kebab sauce is a big improvement
fara för liv och hälsa
live and remain healthy
ha god hälsa
be in good health

Words built with hälsa

hälsodryck health drink
hälsokontroll medical check-up

Questions

What does hälsa mean in English?

hälsa means “salute, greet”.

Is it en hälsa or ett hälsa?

It is en hälsa, and “the health” is hälsan.

What is the past tense of hälsa?

The past tense of hälsa is hälsade (“jag hälsade”). The supine is hälsat, used in “jag har hälsat”.

What is the present tense of hälsa?

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

Similar words

säga hej

Origin

From Old Swedish hēlsa, from Old Norse heilsa, from Proto-Germanic *hailisōną, from *hailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos.

Nearby common words

hälsa is number 566 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

562mörda murder
563lugn calm, self-possessed
564svart black
565arg enraged, mad (US)
567utanför outside
568unge kid, child
569självklart certainly, of course, self-evident, obviously
570skolan school

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