Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

klä

dress, become

Meaning

dress; become

In Swedish: sätta kläder på; sätta tyg på

Conjugation

Conjugation of klä (dress)
Infinitive	att klä	to dress
Present	klär	jag klär
Past	klädde	jag klädde
Supine	klätt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har klätt	jag har klätt
Past perfect	hade klätt	jag hade klätt
Future	ska klä	or: kommer att klä
Conditional	skulle klä	jag skulle klä
Imperative	klä!	a command
Present participle	kläende	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	klädd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of klä
Infinitive	kläs
Present	kläs
Past	kläddes
Supine	klätts

Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use klär. See the four verb groups explained.

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klä in a sentence

klä på sig
get dressed
klä (om) en stol
reupholster a chair
klä av sig
get undressed
klädd i kostym
dressed in a suit
jag klär i väst
I look good in a waistcoat (vest)
Byxorna klär dig inte!
Those slacks don't become you!

Expressions

klä ut sig
dress up

Questions

What does klä mean in English?

klä means “dress, become”.

What is the past tense of klä?

The past tense of klä is klädde (“jag klädde”). The supine is klätt, used in “jag har klätt”.

What is the present tense of klä?

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

Similar words

klädapynta

Origin

Apocopic form of kläda, from Old Frisian klath (“dress”).

Nearby common words

klä is number 1,138 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,134njuta enjoy
1,135tillstånd permission, state
1,136bära carry; wear
1,137ärlig honest
1,139te tea
1,140undvika avoid
1,141adress address
1,142förhållande condition, circumstance

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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