Swedish verb

kapitulera

surrender, capitulate

Meaning

surrender; capitulate

In Swedish: överlämna sig till fienden; ge sig, ge upp

Conjugation

Conjugation of kapitulera (surrender)
Infinitive	att kapitulera	to surrender
Present	kapitulerar	jag kapitulerar
Past	kapitulerade	jag kapitulerade
Supine	kapitulerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kapitulerat	jag har kapitulerat
Past perfect	hade kapitulerat	jag hade kapitulerat
Future	ska kapitulera	or: kommer att kapitulera
Conditional	skulle kapitulera	jag skulle kapitulera
Imperative	kapitulera!	a command
Present participle	kapitulerande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kapitulera
Infinitive	kapituleras
Present	kapituleras
Past	kapitulerades
Supine	kapitulerats

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 kapitulerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Questions

What does kapitulera mean in English?

kapitulera means “surrender, capitulate”.

What is the past tense of kapitulera?

The past tense of kapitulera is kapitulerade (“jag kapitulerade”). The supine is kapitulerat, used in “jag har kapitulerat”.

What is the present tense of kapitulera?

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

Similar words

ge upplägga ned vapnenfallage sig

Nearby common words

kapitulera is number 5,024 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,020hink pail, bucket
5,021hopplöst hopeless, hopeless; desperate
5,022genväg short cut; a shorter, simpler or more efficient method or path
5,023injicera inject
5,025latin Latin
5,026struktur structure, texture
5,027ondskefull evil, sinister, malevolent, wicked
5,028förberedd prepared

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