Swedish verb

leja

hire/lɛja/

Meaning

hire

In Swedish: hyra; anställa (för ett visst arbete)

Conjugation

Conjugation of leja (hire)
Infinitive	att leja	to hire
Present	lejer	jag lejer
Past	lejde	jag lejde
Supine	lejt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lejt	jag har lejt
Past perfect	hade lejt	jag hade lejt
Future	ska leja	or: kommer att leja
Conditional	skulle leja	jag skulle leja
Imperative	lej!	a command
Present participle	lejande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lejd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of leja
Infinitive	lejas
Present	lejs
Past	lejdes
Supine	lejts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use lejer. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise leja

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

leja in a sentence

leja en torped
hire a hitman

Questions

What does leja mean in English?

leja means “hire”.

What is the past tense of leja?

The past tense of leja is lejde (“jag lejde”). The supine is lejt, used in “jag har lejt”.

What is the present tense of leja?

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

Similar words

anlitaanställa

Origin

From Old Swedish leghia, from Old Norse leiga, from Proto-Germanic *laigijaną (“to lend”).

Nearby common words

leja is number 7,366 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,362polska Polish, Swedish dance (reel)
7,363lokalt locally
7,364professionellt professionally; adverb form of professionell
7,365grundad well-founded, based
7,367intäkt income, revenue
7,368kandidera stand (for), offer oneself as a candidate
7,369omkomma die, be killed
7,370ponny pony

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