Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

kliva

stride, climb

Meaning

stride; climb

In Swedish: gå med stora steg; klättra

Conjugation

Conjugation of kliva (stride)
Infinitive	att kliva	to stride
Present	kliver	jag kliver
Past	klev	jag klev
Supine	klivit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har klivit	jag har klivit
Past perfect	hade klivit	jag hade klivit
Future	ska kliva	or: kommer att kliva
Conditional	skulle kliva	jag skulle kliva
Imperative	kliv!	a command
Present participle	klivande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kliva
Infinitive	klivas
Present	klivs
Past	klevs
Supine	klivits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use kliver. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (kliva). Which is the past tense?

kliva in a sentence

kliva ombord
climb aboard

Questions

What does kliva mean in English?

kliva means “stride, climb”.

What is the past tense of kliva?

The past tense of kliva is klev (“jag klev”). The supine is klivit, used in “jag har klivit”.

What is the present tense of kliva?

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

Similar words

stegaknallastiga

Origin

From Old Swedish klīva, from Old Norse klífa, from Proto-Germanic *klībaną.

Nearby common words

kliva is number 2,338 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,334verkligt really
2,335godkänna authorize, accept
2,336material material
2,337dödlig fatal, mortal
2,339paket parcel
2,340forskning research
2,341parti part, party
2,342sena string, sinew

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