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ladda

load, charge

Meaning

load; charge

In Swedish: förse (ett vapen) med ammunition

Conjugation

Conjugation of ladda (load)
Infinitive	att ladda	to load
Present	laddar	jag laddar
Past	laddade	jag laddade
Supine	laddat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har laddat	jag har laddat
Past perfect	hade laddat	jag hade laddat
Future	ska ladda	or: kommer att ladda
Conditional	skulle ladda	jag skulle ladda
Imperative	ladda!	a command
Present participle	laddande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	laddad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ladda
Infinitive	laddas
Present	laddas
Past	laddades
Supine	laddats

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 laddar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

ladda in a sentence

ladda ett gevär
load a rifle
ladda ett batteri
charge a battery
Jag behöver ladda mobilen
I need to charge my phone

Questions

What does ladda mean in English?

ladda means “load, charge”.

What is the past tense of ladda?

The past tense of ladda is laddade (“jag laddade”). The supine is laddat, used in “jag har laddat”.

What is the present tense of ladda?

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

Origin

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂-.

Nearby common words

ladda is number 1,727 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,722gräs grass
1,723nät net
1,724spendera spend
1,726sådana such
1,728grann brilliant, fine
1,729läxa homework
1,730don gear, kit
1,731boll ball

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary