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innebära

involve, mean, imply

Meaning

involve; mean; imply

In Swedish: betyda

Conjugation

Conjugation of innebära (involve)
Infinitive	att innebära	to involve
Present	innebär	jag innebär
Past	innebar	jag innebar
Supine	inneburit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har inneburit	jag har inneburit
Past perfect	hade inneburit	jag hade inneburit
Future	ska innebära	or: kommer att innebära
Conditional	skulle innebära	jag skulle innebära
Imperative	innebär!	a command
Present participle	innebärande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of innebära
Infinitive	innebäras
Present	innebärs
Past	innebars
Supine	inneburits

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 innebär. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise innebära

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

innebära in a sentence

branden innebär stora förluster för företaget
the fire represents a huge loss for the company

Questions

What does innebära mean in English?

innebära means “involve, mean”.

What is the past tense of innebära?

The past tense of innebära is innebar (“jag innebar”). The supine is inneburit, used in “jag har inneburit”.

What is the present tense of innebära?

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

Similar words

betydamedföra

Origin

inne + bära

Nearby common words

innebära is number 1,128 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,124ren clean, pure
1,125match game, match
1,126rosa pink, rose
1,127å pronunciation spelling of och (“and”)
1,129nyss just now
1,130spara to save, to store for future use, to save; write to a disc
1,131pari par (value equalling the face value)
1,132hota threaten, menace

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