Swedish verb

lindra

relieve

Meaning

relieve

In Swedish: göra lättare el. mindre kännbar

Conjugation

Conjugation of lindra (relieve)
Infinitive	att lindra	to relieve
Present	lindrar	jag lindrar
Past	lindrade	jag lindrade
Supine	lindrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lindrat	jag har lindrat
Past perfect	hade lindrat	jag hade lindrat
Future	ska lindra	or: kommer att lindra
Conditional	skulle lindra	jag skulle lindra
Imperative	lindra!	a command
Present participle	lindrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lindrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lindra
Infinitive	lindras
Present	lindras
Past	lindrades
Supine	lindrats

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 lindrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

lindra in a sentence

lindra smärtan
alleviate the pain
Värktabletten lindrade smärtan
The painkiller relieved the pain

Questions

What does lindra mean in English?

lindra means “relieve”.

What is the past tense of lindra?

The past tense of lindra is lindrade (“jag lindrade”). The supine is lindrat, used in “jag har lindrat”.

What is the present tense of lindra?

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

Similar words

dämpamildra

Origin

From German lindern, from German lind (“mild”), from Proto-Germanic *linþaz.

Nearby common words

lindra is number 5,580 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,576trofé trophy
5,577marinkår marine corps
5,578pussa kiss
5,579bekräftelse confirmation, corroboration
5,581neutral neutral, neuter
5,582anteckna note, make a note of
5,583chocka shock
5,584upphäva annul

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