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jaga

hunt, chase [away]/²jɑːɡa/

jaga as a verb

Meaning

hunt; chase [away]

In Swedish: förfölja för att fånga (och döda djur)

Conjugation

Conjugation of jaga (hunt)
Infinitive	att jaga	to hunt
Present	jagar	jag jagar
Past	jagade	jag jagade
Supine	jagat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har jagat	jag har jagat
Past perfect	hade jagat	jag hade jagat
Future	ska jaga	or: kommer att jaga
Conditional	skulle jaga	jag skulle jaga
Imperative	jaga!	a command
Present participle	jagande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	jagad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of jaga
Infinitive	jagas
Present	jagas
Past	jagades
Supine	jagats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use jagar. See the four verb groups explained.

jaga as a noun(en jaga)

Meaning

tag (game)

Forms

Forms of jaga
Singular, indefinite	en jaga
Singular, definite	jagan
Plural, indefinite	jagor
Plural, definite	jagorna

jaga is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor jaga, den stora jagan. Check another noun

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jaga in a sentence

jaga älg
hunt elk
polisen jagar bankrånaren
the police are hunting the bank robber
jaga lägenhet
look for a flat
jaga bort sin oro
chase your worries away
hunden jagades iväg
the dog was shooed away
Han jagade honom genom skogen
He chased him through the forest
De jagade ren
They were hunting reindeer

Questions

What does jaga mean in English?

jaga means “hunt, chase [away]”.

Is it en jaga or ett jaga?

It is en jaga, and “the tag” is jagan.

What is the plural of jaga?

The plural of jaga is jagor, and the definite plural is jagorna.

What is the past tense of jaga?

The past tense of jaga is jagade (“jag jagade”). The supine is jagat, used in “jag har jagat”.

What is the present tense of jaga?

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

Origin

From Late Old Swedish iagha, from Early Old Swedish iægha, from Old Norse jaga, from Middle Low German jāgen, from Old Saxon *jagōn, from Proto-West Germanic *jagōn.

Nearby common words

jaga is number 699 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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695skrev wrote
697planet planet
698möjligt possible
700orolig worried, restless
701tvinga force
702dröm dream
703kära dear

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