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kniva

knife (attack someone with a knife)

Meaning

knife (attack someone with a knife)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kniva (knife)
Infinitive	att kniva	to knife
Present	knivar	jag knivar
Past	knivade	jag knivade
Supine	knivat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har knivat	jag har knivat
Past perfect	hade knivat	jag hade knivat
Future	ska kniva	or: kommer att kniva
Conditional	skulle kniva	jag skulle kniva
Imperative	kniva!	a command
Present participle	knivande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	knivad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kniva
Infinitive	knivas
Present	knivas
Past	knivades
Supine	knivats

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 knivar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Questions

What does kniva mean in English?

kniva means “knife (attack someone with a knife)”.

What is the past tense of kniva?

The past tense of kniva is knivade (“jag knivade”). The supine is knivat, used in “jag har knivat”.

What is the present tense of kniva?

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

Origin

kniv + -a

Nearby common words

kniva is number 2,953 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,949serie set, succession
2,950skicklig capable, clever
2,951blond fair-haired, blond
2,952omgång round, set
2,954manlig male, masculine
2,955störd disturbed
2,956rusa rush, dash
2,957schema timetable, diagram

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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