klå
Meaning
beat; trash
In Swedish: slå; besegra
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att klå | to beat |
|---|---|---|
| Present | klår | jag klår |
| Past | klådde | jag klådde |
| Supine | klått | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har klått | jag har klått |
| Past perfect | hade klått | jag hade klått |
| Future | ska klå | or: kommer att klå |
| Conditional | skulle klå | jag skulle klå |
| Imperative | klå! | a command |
| Present participle | klående | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | klådd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | klås |
|---|---|
| Present | klås |
| Past | klåddes |
| Supine | klåtts |
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 klår. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise klå
1 / 2Yesterday I … (klå). Which is the past tense?
klå in a sentence
- jag har aldrig klått honom i tennisI have never beaten him at tennis
- Det är bara ett jobb. Gräset växer, fåglarna flyger, vågorna slår mot stranden och jag klår upp folk. (Mohammad Ali)It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.
- Klå det om ni kan!Beat that if you can!
Questions
What does klå mean in English?
klå means “beat, trash”.
What is the past tense of klå?
The past tense of klå is klådde (“jag klådde”). The supine is klått, used in “jag har klått”.
What is the present tense of klå?
klår, the same for every person: jag klår, du klår, vi klår.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish klā, from Old Norse klá, from Proto-Germanic *klawjaną.
Nearby common words
klå is number 4,400 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,396spika nail
- 4,397ödsla waste
- 4,398genomgå undergo, live through
- 4,399förföra seduce
- 4,401myra ant
- 4,402rand edge, border; stripe, streak, rib
- 4,403googla to google, to search for something on the Google search engine, to google, to search for something on the Internet using with any search engine
- 4,404villkorlig conditional (subject to conditions)
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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