Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

krossa

crush

Meaning

crush

In Swedish: slå sönder (i småbitar), splittra

Conjugation

Conjugation of krossa (crush)
Infinitive	att krossa	to crush
Present	krossar	jag krossar
Past	krossade	jag krossade
Supine	krossat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har krossat	jag har krossat
Past perfect	hade krossat	jag hade krossat
Future	ska krossa	or: kommer att krossa
Conditional	skulle krossa	jag skulle krossa
Imperative	krossa!	a command
Present participle	krossande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	krossad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of krossa
Infinitive	krossas
Present	krossas
Past	krossades
Supine	krossats

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 krossar. See the four verb groups explained.

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krossa in a sentence

motståndet krossades
the opposition was crushed
krossat glas
broken glass

Questions

What does krossa mean in English?

krossa means “crush”.

What is the past tense of krossa?

The past tense of krossa is krossade (“jag krossade”). The supine is krossat, used in “jag har krossat”.

What is the present tense of krossa?

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

Similar words

slå sönderförstöra

Origin

From Old Swedish krossa, krosa, krusa, probably from Middle Low German krossen (“to break”).

Nearby common words

krossa is number 1,266 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,262led suffered
1,263öppen open, frank
1,264spränga explode, blow up
1,265golv floor
1,267likna resemble
1,268klippa cut
1,269förstörd destroyed
1,270oavsett irrespective of

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