Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

hämnas

revenge, get one's own back, avenge, retaliate

Meaning

revenge; get one's own back; avenge; retaliate

In Swedish: straffa (någon) för en skada som man tillfogats

Conjugation

Conjugation of hämnas (revenge)
Infinitive	att hämnas	to revenge
Present	hämnas	jag hämnas
Past	hämnades	jag hämnades
Supine	hämnats	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hämnats	jag har hämnats
Past perfect	hade hämnats	jag hade hämnats
Future	ska hämnas	or: kommer att hämnas
Conditional	skulle hämnas	jag skulle hämnas
Imperative	hämnas!	a command

hämnas is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use hämnas. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does hämnas mean?

hämnas in a sentence

vi hämnades på vår lärare
we got our own back on our teacher
han vill hämnas för att han blivit avskedad
he had been fired and he wanted his revenge
hon vill hämnas faderns död
she desires to avenge her father's death
Jag kommer hämnas!
I will take revenge!
Hon gillrade en fälla för att hämnas sin mördade bror
She set a trap to avenge her murdered brother

Questions

What does hämnas mean in English?

hämnas means “revenge, get one's own back”.

What is the past tense of hämnas?

The past tense of hämnas is hämnades (“jag hämnades”). The supine is hämnats, used in “jag har hämnats”.

What is the present tense of hämnas?

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

Similar words

ge igen

Origin

Passive of hämna.

Nearby common words

hämnas is number 2,217 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,213blunda shut one's eyes
2,214omständighet circumstance
2,215modell model, design
2,216kanal channel, canal
2,218räknas count
2,219boka book, reserve
2,220förfölja pursue; persecute
2,221ende end, only one

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary