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knyta

tie

Meaning

tie

In Swedish: binda ihop med en knut, sammanfoga

Conjugation

Conjugation of knyta (tie)
Infinitive	att knyta	to tie
Present	knyter	jag knyter
Past	knöt	jag knöt
Supine	knutit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har knutit	jag har knutit
Past perfect	hade knutit	jag hade knutit
Future	ska knyta	or: kommer att knyta
Conditional	skulle knyta	jag skulle knyta
Imperative	knyt!	a command
Present participle	knytande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	knuten	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of knyta
Infinitive	knytas
Present	knyts
Past	knöts
Supine	knutits

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 knyter. See the four verb groups explained.

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knyta in a sentence

han är knuten till Sveriges Radio
he's affiliated with the Swedish Broadcasting Company
knyta skorna
tie one's shoes
knyta näven
make a fist
Han knöt en knut
He tied a knot
lära sig att knyta skorna
learn to tie one's shoes
knyta ihop påsen
tie up [together] the bag
Han kan knytas till mordplatsen
He can be tied to the murder scene
Han knöt näven
He clenched his fist

Expressions

knyta sig
turn in

Questions

What does knyta mean in English?

knyta means “tie”.

What is the past tense of knyta?

The past tense of knyta is knöt (“jag knöt”). The supine is knutit, used in “jag har knutit”.

What is the present tense of knyta?

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

Similar words

snöra

Origin

From Old Swedish knyta, from Old Norse knýta, from Proto-Germanic *knuttijaną, related to *knuttô.

Nearby common words

knyta is number 3,299 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,295försörja provide for, support
3,296stöt stab, prod
3,297värdig worthy, dignified
3,298uttråkad bored
3,301israel Israeli
3,302tvätt laundry
3,303åstadkomma cause, bring about
3,304skärp belt

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