Swedish verb

krisa

to suffer a crisis (sometimes hyperbolically)

Meaning

to suffer a crisis (sometimes hyperbolically)

Conjugation

Conjugation of krisa (suffer a crisis)
Infinitive	att krisa	to suffer a crisis
Present	krisar	jag krisar
Past	krisade	jag krisade
Supine	krisat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har krisat	jag har krisat
Past perfect	hade krisat	jag hade krisat
Future	ska krisa	or: kommer att krisa
Conditional	skulle krisa	jag skulle krisa
Imperative	krisa!	a command
Present participle	krisande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of krisa
Infinitive	krisas
Present	krisas
Past	krisades
Supine	krisats

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 krisar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (krisa). Which is the past tense?

krisa in a sentence

Säg till om det krisar med nån ingrediens så köper jag mer när jag är och handlar
Tell me if there's a crisis with (lack of) any ingredients and I'll buy more when I'm at the store

Questions

What does krisa mean in English?

krisa means “to suffer a crisis (sometimes hyperbolically)”.

What is the past tense of krisa?

The past tense of krisa is krisade (“jag krisade”). The supine is krisat, used in “jag har krisat”.

What is the present tense of krisa?

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

Origin

kris + -a

Nearby common words

krisa is number 9,100 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,096amok amuck, amok
9,097gylf fly
9,098nosa sniff
9,099ding mad, crazy
9,101sjukförsäkring income protection insurance
9,102sarkasm sarcasm (a mode of expression), a sarcasm (an expression in that mode)
9,103tapperhet bravery, courage
9,104trapphus stairwell

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