köpa
Meaning
buy; purchase
In Swedish: skaffa sig något genom att betala för det, handla
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att köpa | to buy |
|---|---|---|
| Present | köper | jag köper |
| Past | köpte | jag köpte |
| Supine | köpt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har köpt | jag har köpt |
| Past perfect | hade köpt | jag hade köpt |
| Future | ska köpa | or: kommer att köpa |
| Conditional | skulle köpa | jag skulle köpa |
| Imperative | köp! | a command |
| Present participle | köpande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | köpt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | köpas |
|---|---|
| Present | köps |
| Past | köptes |
| Supine | köpts |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use köper. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise köpa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (köpa). Which is the past tense?
köpa in a sentence
- köpa matbuy food
- köpa husbuy a house
- köpa på avbetalningbuy on hire purchase
- köpa fem burkar kebabsåsbuy five cans of kebab sauce
- Jag köper inte hans förklaringI don't buy his explanation
Expressions
- köpa utbuy for sby else
Questions
What does köpa mean in English?
köpa means “buy, purchase”.
What is the past tense of köpa?
The past tense of köpa is köpte (“jag köpte”). The supine is köpt, used in “jag har köpt”.
What is the present tense of köpa?
köper, the same for every person: jag köper, du köper, vi köper.
Similar words
förvärvainhandlakonsumeratjackahandlaanskaffalägga pengar pågöra affär
Where the course teaches it
- Swedish reflexive verbs: tvättar migComplete Swedish – Season 1
- The Swedish relative pronoun somComplete Swedish – Season 1
- Swedish past tense: -te and -de endingsComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish words for meals: frukost, lunch, middagComplete Swedish – Season 2
- How to say country names in SwedishComplete Swedish – Season 2
- Swedish vocabulary for household objectsComplete Swedish – Season 2
Nearby common words
köpa is number 303 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary