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krypa

creep, crawl

Meaning

creep; crawl

In Swedish: gå på händer och knän

Conjugation

Conjugation of krypa (creep)
Infinitive	att krypa	to creep
Present	kryper	jag kryper
Past	kröp	jag kröp
Supine	krupit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har krupit	jag har krupit
Past perfect	hade krupit	jag hade krupit
Future	ska krypa	or: kommer att krypa
Conditional	skulle krypa	jag skulle krypa
Imperative	kryp!	a command
Present participle	krypande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	krupen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of krypa
Infinitive	krypas
Present	kryps
Past	kröps
Supine	krupits

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 kryper. See the four verb groups explained.

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krypa in a sentence

barnet har börjat krypa
the child has started crawling
sanningen kröp fram till sist
the truth finally got out
krypa ner i sängen
tuck oneself into bed
trafiken kröp fram
the traffic moved at a crawl
Det kröp i benen
My legs were "creeping"

Words built with krypa

krypfart at a crawl
krypköra edge along

Questions

What does krypa mean in English?

krypa means “creep, crawl”.

What is the past tense of krypa?

The past tense of krypa is kröp (“jag kröp”). The supine is krupit, used in “jag har krupit”.

What is the present tense of krypa?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish krȳpa, from Old Norse krjúpa, from Proto-Germanic *kreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“turn, wind”).

Nearby common words

krypa is number 2,866 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,862spanska Spanish
2,863proffs pro
2,864ras breed, race
2,865väldig huge
2,867stämning feeling, mood
2,868befälhavare a commander, a person being in command (on a ship, in the military)
2,869framgångsrik successful, obstical
2,870förhoppningsvis hopefully

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