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klandra

blame, criticize/klandra/

Meaning

blame; criticize

In Swedish: kritisera

Conjugation

Conjugation of klandra (blame)
Infinitive	att klandra	to blame
Present	klandrar	jag klandrar
Past	klandrade	jag klandrade
Supine	klandrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har klandrat	jag har klandrat
Past perfect	hade klandrat	jag hade klandrat
Future	ska klandra	or: kommer att klandra
Conditional	skulle klandra	jag skulle klandra
Imperative	klandra!	a command
Present participle	klandrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	klandrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of klandra
Infinitive	klandras
Present	klandras
Past	klandrades
Supine	klandrats

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 klandrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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klandra in a sentence

Jag klandrar dig inte
I don't blame you
Hon kan inte klandras för hur hennes man beter sig
She can't be blamed for the way her husband behaves

Questions

What does klandra mean in English?

klandra means “blame, criticize”.

What is the past tense of klandra?

The past tense of klandra is klandrade (“jag klandrade”). The supine is klandrat, used in “jag har klandrat”.

What is the present tense of klandra?

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

Similar words

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Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish klandra (“to bring a dispute; remark”), first attested in 1482.

Nearby common words

klandra is number 2,370 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,366locka entice, curl
2,367förgöra destroy, put to death
2,368förhöra questioning, interrogation
2,369ryska Russian, Russian woman
2,371beväpnad armed
2,372skrämmande frightening, terrifying, alarming, intimidating
2,373symbol icon, symbol
2,374villkor condition

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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