Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

höja

put up, raise, increase

Meaning

put up; raise; increase

In Swedish: göra högre; öka

Conjugation

Conjugation of höja (put up)
Infinitive	att höja	to put up
Present	höjer	jag höjer
Past	höjde	jag höjde
Supine	höjt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har höjt	jag har höjt
Past perfect	hade höjt	jag hade höjt
Future	ska höja	or: kommer att höja
Conditional	skulle höja	jag skulle höja
Imperative	höj!	a command
Present participle	höjande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	höjd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of höja
Infinitive	höjas
Present	höjs
Past	höjdes
Supine	höjts

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 höjer. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise höja

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Yesterday I … (höja). Which is the past tense?

höja in a sentence

barnbidragen höjs vid årsskiftet
child allowance is to go up after New Year
militären har höjt beredskapen
the military are standing by

Questions

What does höja mean in English?

höja means “put up, raise”.

What is the past tense of höja?

The past tense of höja is höjde (“jag höjde”). The supine is höjt, used in “jag har höjt”.

What is the present tense of höja?

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

Similar words

ökningöka

Where the course teaches it

Listening versus hearing in Swedish
Complete Swedish – Season 2

Origin

hög + -a

Nearby common words

höja is number 2,380 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,376hörru alternative form of hördu (“hey, say, listen”)
2,377kejsare emperor
2,378stat state, government
2,379typen the kind/ the type, Type
2,381forskare researcher
2,382besluta decide, resolve; decree
2,383funnits existed, been
2,384anklagelse accusation, charge

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