Swedish pronoun · verb · determiner· top 2,000 most common

inge

no, nothing (spoken form of inget)

inge as a pronoun

Meaning

no, nothing (spoken form of inget)

inge as a verb

Meaning

inspire; infuse

In Swedish: fylla med (viss känsla), framkalla

Conjugation

Conjugation of inge (inspire)
Infinitive	att inge	to inspire
Present	inger	jag inger
Past	ingav	jag ingav
Supine	ingett	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ingett	jag har ingett
Past perfect	hade ingett	jag hade ingett
Future	ska inge	or: kommer att inge
Conditional	skulle inge	jag skulle inge
Imperative	inge!	a command
Present participle	ingivande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ingiven	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of inge
Infinitive	inges
Present	ings
Past	ingavs
Supine	ingetts

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use inger. See the four verb groups explained.

inge as a determiner

Meaning

alternative form of inget; alternative form of ingen

Practise inge

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What does inge mean?

inge in a sentence

hans kunskaper ingav respekt
his knowledge inspired respect
att inge respekt
to command respect
Men det finns ju inge mat här!
But there's obviously no food here!

Questions

What does inge mean in English?

inge means “no, nothing (spoken form of inget)”.

What is the past tense of inge?

The past tense of inge is ingav (“jag ingav”). The supine is ingett, used in “jag har ingett”.

What is the present tense of inge?

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

Origin

in + ge

Nearby common words

inge is number 1,159 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,155mörk dark, gloomy
1,156nyhet news
1,157baby a baby (very young human)
1,158bomb bomb
1,160blomma flower, blossom
1,161acceptera accept
1,162förstått understood
1,163velat wanted

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