Swedish verb

köa

queue/²køːˌa/

Meaning

queue

In Swedish: stå i kö

Conjugation

Conjugation of köa (queue)
Infinitive	att köa	to queue
Present	köar	jag köar
Past	köade	jag köade
Supine	köat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har köat	jag har köat
Past perfect	hade köat	jag hade köat
Future	ska köa	or: kommer att köa
Conditional	skulle köa	jag skulle köa
Imperative	köa!	a command
Present participle	köande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	köad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of köa
Infinitive	köas
Present	köas
Past	köades
Supine	köats

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 köar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise köa

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

köa in a sentence

vi fick köa i timmar för att få biljetter
we had to queue for hours to get tickets

Questions

What does köa mean in English?

köa means “queue”.

What is the past tense of köa?

The past tense of köa is köade (“jag köade”). The supine is köat, used in “jag har köat”.

What is the present tense of köa?

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

Origin

kö + -a

Nearby common words

köa is number 8,441 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,437ömma be tender, sore, feel compassion for
8,438käring old woman, wife
8,439fördröja detain, delay
8,440hedervärd honorable
8,442omänsklig inhuman
8,443planka board
8,444predikant preacher
8,445följare follower

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary