innehålla
Meaning
contain; withhold
In Swedish: ha som innehåll, rymma
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att innehålla | to contain |
|---|---|---|
| Present | innehåller | jag innehåller |
| Past | innehöll | jag innehöll |
| Supine | innehållit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har innehållit | jag har innehållit |
| Past perfect | hade innehållit | jag hade innehållit |
| Future | ska innehålla | or: kommer att innehålla |
| Conditional | skulle innehålla | jag skulle innehålla |
| Imperative | innehåll! | a command |
| Present participle | innehållande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | innehållen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | innehållas |
|---|---|
| Present | innehålls |
| Past | innehölls |
| Supine | innehållits |
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 innehåller. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise innehålla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (innehålla). Which is the past tense?
innehålla in a sentence
- hans bok innehåller korta novellerhis book is a collection of short stories
- korv innehåller mycket fettsausages contain a lot of fat
- innehållen lönwithhold salary
Questions
What does innehålla mean in English?
innehålla means “contain, withhold”.
What is the past tense of innehålla?
The past tense of innehålla is innehöll (“jag innehöll”). The supine is innehållit, used in “jag har innehållit”.
What is the present tense of innehålla?
innehåller, the same for every person: jag innehåller, du innehåller, vi innehåller.
Similar words
innefatta
Origin
inne + hålla
Nearby common words
innehålla is number 1,994 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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