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kräva

demand, claim

kräva as a verb

Meaning

demand; claim

In Swedish: framföra som krav

Conjugation

Conjugation of kräva (demand)
Infinitive	att kräva	to demand
Present	kräver	jag kräver
Past	krävde	jag krävde
Supine	krävt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har krävt	jag har krävt
Past perfect	hade krävt	jag hade krävt
Future	ska kräva	or: kommer att kräva
Conditional	skulle kräva	jag skulle kräva
Imperative	kräv!	a command
Present participle	krävande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	krävd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kräva
Infinitive	krävas
Present	krävs
Past	krävdes
Supine	krävts

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 kräver. See the four verb groups explained.

kräva as a noun(en kräva)

Meaning

crop, craw (a bird's stomach)

Forms

Forms of kräva
Singular, indefinite	en kräva
Singular, definite	krävan
Plural, indefinite	krävor
Plural, definite	krävorna

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

Practise kräva

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kräva in a sentence

utökad demokrati kräver ökade kunskaper
greater democracy requires greater knowledge
kräva att alla utländska trupper dras bort
demand that all foreign troops be withdrawn
han krävde mig på pengar
he demanded payment from me
Jag kräver att få tala med föreståndaren
I demand to speak to the manager
kräva någon på pengar
demand money from someone
ett yrke som kräver stort tålamod
an occupation that demands great patience
Attentatet krävde många dödsoffer.
The attack claimed many lives.

Questions

What does kräva mean in English?

kräva means “demand, claim”.

Is it en kräva or ett kräva?

It is en kräva, and “the crop” is krävan.

What is the plural of kräva?

The plural of kräva is krävor, and the definite plural is krävorna.

What is the past tense of kräva?

The past tense of kräva is krävde (“jag krävde”). The supine is krävt, used in “jag har krävt”.

What is the present tense of kräva?

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

Similar words

göra anspråk påfodrayrkafordraerfordra

Origin

From Old Swedish kræva, kræve, from a Old Norse *kravi, of uncertain origin.

Nearby common words

kräva is number 610 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

606middag dinner, noon
607typ type
608känsla feeling
609vidare on, further
611medan while, whereas
612före before, by
613skyldig guilty, owing
614sent late

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary