Swedish verb· top 500 most common

lova

promise, praise/²loːˌva/

Meaning

promise; praise

In Swedish: ge löfte om, försäkra

Conjugation

Conjugation of lova (promise)
Infinitive	att lova	to promise
Present	lovar	jag lovar
Past	lovade	jag lovade
Supine	lovat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lovat	jag har lovat
Past perfect	hade lovat	jag hade lovat
Future	ska lova	or: kommer att lova
Conditional	skulle lova	jag skulle lova
Imperative	lova!	a command
Present participle	lovande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lovad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lova
Infinitive	lovas
Present	lovas
Past	lovades
Supine	lovats

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 lovar. See the four verb groups explained.

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lova in a sentence

jag lovar att komma
I promise to come
det lovar gott för framtiden
it bids well for the future
lova Gud
praise God

Expressions

det vill jag lova
that I promise

Questions

What does lova mean in English?

lova means “promise, praise”.

What is the past tense of lova?

The past tense of lova is lovade (“jag lovade”). The supine is lovat, used in “jag har lovat”.

What is the present tense of lova?

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

Similar words

förespegla

Origin

From Old Swedish lova, from Old Norse lofa, from Proto-Germanic *lubōną, equivalent to lov + -a.

Nearby common words

lova is number 479 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

475gott good, well, good
476ihåg remember
477ben leg, bone
478bäst best
480hata loathe, detest
481varandra each other, one another
482gånger times (multiplied by)
483dödad killed

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