iscensätta
Meaning
stage; produce
In Swedish: sätta upp en pjäs
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att iscensätta | to stage |
|---|---|---|
| Present | iscensätter | jag iscensätter |
| Past | iscensatte | jag iscensatte |
| Supine | iscensatt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har iscensatt | jag har iscensatt |
| Past perfect | hade iscensatt | jag hade iscensatt |
| Future | ska iscensätta | or: kommer att iscensätta |
| Conditional | skulle iscensätta | jag skulle iscensätta |
| Imperative | iscensätt! | a command |
| Present participle | iscensättande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | iscensatt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | iscensättas |
|---|---|
| Present | iscensätts |
| Past | iscensattes |
| Supine | iscensatts |
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 iscensätter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise iscensätta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (iscensätta). Which is the past tense?
iscensätta in a sentence
- iscensätta en kuppstage a coup
Questions
What does iscensätta mean in English?
iscensätta means “stage, produce”.
What is the past tense of iscensätta?
The past tense of iscensätta is iscensatte (“jag iscensatte”). The supine is iscensatt, used in “jag har iscensatt”.
What is the present tense of iscensätta?
iscensätter, the same for every person: jag iscensätter, du iscensätter, vi iscensätter.
Origin
i + scen + sätta.
Nearby common words
iscensätta is number 8,266 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 8,269snacks snack
- 8,270fulländad perfect
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