Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

kännas

feelAlso the passive of känna.

Meaning

feel

In Swedish: upplevas med känseln el. liknande sinnen

Conjugation

Conjugation of kännas (feel)
Infinitive	att kännas	to feel
Present	känns	jag känns
Past	kändes	jag kändes
Supine	känts	used after har / hade
Perfect	har känts	jag har känts
Past perfect	hade känts	jag hade känts
Future	ska kännas	or: kommer att kännas
Conditional	skulle kännas	jag skulle kännas
Imperative	känns!	a command

kännas is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use känns. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does kännas mean?

kännas in a sentence

Hur känns det att bli världsmästare?
How does it feel to be the world champion?
det känns meningslöst
it all seems so meaningless
Det kändes bra
It felt good
Kaninen känns mjuk
The rabbit feels soft
Det känns som sommar idag
It feels like summer today
Hur känns det?
How does it feel?
Det kändes nödvändigt
It felt necessary

Expressions

kännas vid
acknowledge

Questions

What does kännas mean in English?

kännas means “feel”.

What is the past tense of kännas?

The past tense of kännas is kändes (“jag kändes”). The supine is känts, used in “jag har känts”.

What is the present tense of kännas?

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

Origin

Passive of känna.

Nearby common words

kännas is number 559 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

555kapten captain, lieutenant
556iväg away [from]
557försök attempt, trial, experiment
558direkt direct
560snacka chat, talk
561doktor doctor, physician
562mörda murder
563lugn calm, self-possessed

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