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klippa

cut

klippa as a verb

Meaning

cut

In Swedish: skära med sax

Conjugation

Conjugation of klippa (cut)
Infinitive	att klippa	to cut
Present	klipper	jag klipper
Past	klippte	jag klippte
Supine	klippt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har klippt	jag har klippt
Past perfect	hade klippt	jag hade klippt
Future	ska klippa	or: kommer att klippa
Conditional	skulle klippa	jag skulle klippa
Imperative	klipp!	a command
Present participle	klippande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	klippt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of klippa
Infinitive	klippas
Present	klipps
Past	klipptes
Supine	klippts

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 klipper. See the four verb groups explained.

klippa as a noun(en klippa)

Meaning

cliff; rock

In Swedish: berg (utan växtlighet), bergknalle

Forms

Forms of klippa
Singular, indefinite	en klippa
Singular, definite	klippan
Plural, indefinite	klippor
Plural, definite	klipporna

klippa is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor klippa, den stora klippan. Check another noun

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klippa in a sentence

klippa (till) en blus
cut out a blouse
klippa håret
cut one's hair
Han klippte av tråden med saxen
He cut the thread with the scissors
Hon klippte ut bilden ur tidningen
She cut the image out of the newspaper
klippa in en bild i en annan
insert one image (that has been cut out, with scissors or digitally) into another
Den här saxen klipper dåligt
These scissors cut poorly
Jag klippte henne(s hår)
I cut her hair (parenthesized part normally redundant)
klippa pottfrisyr på någon
give someone a bowl cut
Segla mot klipporna där borta
Sail towards the rocks over there
en brant klippa
a steep cliff/rock (depending on context – describes both images)

Expressions

nu är det klippt!
that's done it!
klippa till
strike
vara som klippt och skuren
be cut out for

Questions

What does klippa mean in English?

klippa means “cut”.

Is it en klippa or ett klippa?

It is en klippa, and “the cliff” is klippan.

What is the plural of klippa?

The plural of klippa is klippor, and the definite plural is klipporna.

What is the past tense of klippa?

The past tense of klippa is klippte (“jag klippte”). The supine is klippt, used in “jag har klippt”.

What is the present tense of klippa?

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

Similar words

friseraredigerablock

Origin

From Middle Low German klippe, related to klif (“cliff, rock”), from Old Saxon *klif, from Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą.

Nearby common words

klippa is number 1,268 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,264spränga explode, blow up
1,265golv floor
1,266krossa crush
1,267likna resemble
1,269förstörd destroyed
1,270oavsett irrespective of
1,271test test, wisp [of hair]
1,272rykte reputation, hearsay

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