Swedish verb

härma

imitate, mimic, copy

Meaning

imitate; mimic; copy

In Swedish: efterapa, imitera

Conjugation

Conjugation of härma (imitate)
Infinitive	att härma	to imitate
Present	härmar	jag härmar
Past	härmade	jag härmade
Supine	härmat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har härmat	jag har härmat
Past perfect	hade härmat	jag hade härmat
Future	ska härma	or: kommer att härma
Conditional	skulle härma	jag skulle härma
Imperative	härma!	a command
Present participle	härmande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	härmad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of härma
Infinitive	härmas
Present	härmas
Past	härmades
Supine	härmats

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 härmar. See the four verb groups explained.

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härma in a sentence

barn härmar de vuxnas beteende
children tend to copy adults
härma ett ljud
imitate a sound
Hon härmar mig
She imitates me

Questions

What does härma mean in English?

härma means “imitate, mimic”.

What is the past tense of härma?

The past tense of härma is härmade (“jag härmade”). The supine is härmat, used in “jag har härmat”.

What is the present tense of härma?

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

Similar words

plagieraefterliknaimiteraefterapa

Origin

From Old Swedish härma, from Old Norse herma, from Proto-Germanic *harmijaną (“to repeat; to imitate”).

Nearby common words

härma is number 6,084 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,080barack barracks, hut
6,081excellens Excellency
6,082flertal majority, plural
6,083missbruka abuse
6,085kråka crow
6,086uppifrån down (from above)
6,087mästerverk a masterpiece
6,088läsare reader

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