Swedish verb

lossa

loose, loosen, discharge (fire), unload

Meaning

loose; loosen; discharge (fire); unload

In Swedish: lösa, lösgöra

Conjugation

Conjugation of lossa (loose)
Infinitive	att lossa	to loose
Present	lossar	jag lossar
Past	lossade	jag lossade
Supine	lossat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lossat	jag har lossat
Past perfect	hade lossat	jag hade lossat
Future	ska lossa	or: kommer att lossa
Conditional	skulle lossa	jag skulle lossa
Imperative	lossa!	a command
Present participle	lossande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lossad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lossa
Infinitive	lossas
Present	lossas
Past	lossades
Supine	lossats

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 lossar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise lossa

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

lossa in a sentence

lossa på slipsen
loosen your tie
lossa ett skott
fire a shot
lasta och lossa
load and unload

Questions

What does lossa mean in English?

lossa means “loose, loosen”.

What is the past tense of lossa?

The past tense of lossa is lossade (“jag lossade”). The supine is lossat, used in “jag har lossat”.

What is the present tense of lossa?

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

Similar words

lösgöra

Origin

From Old Swedish lössa, from Middle Low German lossen, derived from the adjective los (“loose”), from Old Saxon lōs, from Proto-West Germanic *laus.

Nearby common words

lossa is number 5,055 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,051lagom sufficient, enough
5,052specialist specialist
5,053övergrepp wrong, outrage
5,054block block, pad
5,056massiv solid, massive
5,057tjockis fatso
5,058vårda take care of
5,059paja break down

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