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krama

hug, squeeze

Meaning

hug; squeeze

In Swedish: omfamna (med armarna)

Conjugation

Conjugation of krama (hug)
Infinitive	att krama	to hug
Present	kramar	jag kramar
Past	kramade	jag kramade
Supine	kramat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kramat	jag har kramat
Past perfect	hade kramat	jag hade kramat
Future	ska krama	or: kommer att krama
Conditional	skulle krama	jag skulle krama
Imperative	krama!	a command
Present participle	kramande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kramad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of krama
Infinitive	kramas
Present	kramas
Past	kramades
Supine	kramats

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 kramar. See the four verb groups explained.

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krama in a sentence

krama varandra
hug
krama ur en trasa
wring out a rag
krama en snöboll
make a snowball
Krama ur vattnet ur de rivna morötterna!
Squeeze the water out of the grated carrots!

Questions

What does krama mean in English?

krama means “hug, squeeze”.

What is the past tense of krama?

The past tense of krama is kramade (“jag kramade”). The supine is kramat, used in “jag har kramat”.

What is the present tense of krama?

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

Similar words

omfamninghålla ompressafamnaomfamna

Origin

From Old Swedish krama, from Old Norse kremja.

Nearby common words

krama is number 2,552 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,548norrut towards the north, northwards
2,549gräla quarrel, scold
2,550upphöra stop, end
2,551plånbok a wallet (a flat case, often made of leather, for keeping money)
2,553utsikt view, forecast
2,554verksamhet activity
2,555gripen touched
2,556soppa broth, soup

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