Swedish verb

kringgå

evade

Meaning

evade

In Swedish: undvika att formellt bryta mot (en bestämmelse etc)

Conjugation

Conjugation of kringgå (evade)
Infinitive	att kringgå	to evade
Present	kringgår	jag kringgår
Past	kringgick	jag kringgick
Supine	kringgått	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kringgått	jag har kringgått
Past perfect	hade kringgått	jag hade kringgått
Future	ska kringgå	or: kommer att kringgå
Conditional	skulle kringgå	jag skulle kringgå
Imperative	kringgå!	a command
Present participle	kringgående	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	kringgången	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of kringgå
Infinitive	kringgås
Present	kringgås
Past	kringgicks
Supine	kringgåtts

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 kringgår. See the four verb groups explained.

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kringgå in a sentence

kringgå bestämmelserna
circumvent the rules
kringgå säkerhetsrestriktioner
bypass security restrictions

Questions

What does kringgå mean in English?

kringgå means “evade”.

What is the past tense of kringgå?

The past tense of kringgå is kringgick (“jag kringgick”). The supine is kringgått, used in “jag har kringgått”.

What is the present tense of kringgå?

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

Similar words

gäckaundvika

Origin

kring (“around”) + gå (“walk”), literally "walk around" (transitive).

Nearby common words

kringgå is number 8,489 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,485befrielse release, exemption
8,486fångenskap imprisonment, captivity
8,487invigning opening, inauguration
8,488kläcka hatch
8,490placering place
8,491plantage plantation
8,492regim regime, government
8,493samfund society, association

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