Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

lappa

patch

Meaning

patch

In Swedish: sätta lappar (på något); laga, reparera

Conjugation

Conjugation of lappa (patch)
Infinitive	att lappa	to patch
Present	lappar	jag lappar
Past	lappade	jag lappade
Supine	lappat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lappat	jag har lappat
Past perfect	hade lappat	jag hade lappat
Future	ska lappa	or: kommer att lappa
Conditional	skulle lappa	jag skulle lappa
Imperative	lappa!	a command
Present participle	lappande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lappad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lappa
Infinitive	lappas
Present	lappas
Past	lappades
Supine	lappats

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 lappar. See the four verb groups explained.

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lappa in a sentence

lappa ihop ett äktenskap
mend a marriage
lappade byxor
patched trousers
lappa hålet i ärmen
patch the hole in the sleeve
en luffare i lappad kostym
a tramp in a patched suit
lappa ihop taket
patch up the roof
försöka lappa ihop ett trasigt förhållande
try to patch up a broken relationship
lappa ihop relationen med Liechtenstein
mend the relationship with Liechtenstein
När vi kom tillbaka hade bilen blivit lappad
When we came back, the car had been ticketed

Expressions

lappa en bil
ticket a car

Questions

What does lappa mean in English?

lappa means “patch”.

What is the past tense of lappa?

The past tense of lappa is lappade (“jag lappade”). The supine is lappat, used in “jag har lappat”.

What is the present tense of lappa?

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

Origin

lapp + -a

Nearby common words

lappa is number 4,523 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,519jurist legal expert
4,520national national
4,521smekmånad honeymoon (period of time immediately following a marriage)
4,522bridge bridge
4,524para couple, mate
4,525givit given
4,526beck pitch
4,528svit sequence, succession

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