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hävda

uphold, claim, maintain, assert

Meaning

uphold; claim; maintain; assert

In Swedish: försvara

Conjugation

Conjugation of hävda (uphold)
Infinitive	att hävda	to uphold
Present	hävdar	jag hävdar
Past	hävdade	jag hävdade
Supine	hävdat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hävdat	jag har hävdat
Past perfect	hade hävdat	jag hade hävdat
Future	ska hävda	or: kommer att hävda
Conditional	skulle hävda	jag skulle hävda
Imperative	hävda!	a command
Present participle	hävdande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hävdad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hävda
Infinitive	hävdas
Present	hävdas
Past	hävdades
Supine	hävdats

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 hävdar. See the four verb groups explained.

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hävda in a sentence

hon hävdar sig bra i konkurrensen
she's making a good showing now she's facing competition
hävda sin rätt
uphold one's right
polisen hävdade att branden var anlagd
the police claimed that it was arson
Den åtalade hävdar att han handlade i nödvärn
The defendant claims he acted in self-defense
Hur kan man hävda något sådant?
How can you make such a claim?
Vi hävdar att det är fel metod i detta fall
We argue that it's the wrong method in this case
Jag hävdar att han ljuger
I maintain that he's lying

Questions

What does hävda mean in English?

hävda means “uphold, claim”.

What is the past tense of hävda?

The past tense of hävda is hävdade (“jag hävdade”). The supine is hävdat, used in “jag har hävdat”.

What is the present tense of hävda?

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

Similar words

påstå

Origin

From Old Norse hefða.

Nearby common words

hävda is number 2,413 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,409piller pill
2,410arrestera arrest
2,411gemensamt joint, together, commonly, publicly
2,412midnatt midnight
2,414egendom property
2,415tisdag Tuesday
2,416mors hallo
2,417metod method

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