Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

lugna

calmAlso the plural of lugn.

Meaning

calm

In Swedish: dämpa oro

Conjugation

Conjugation of lugna (calm)
Infinitive	att lugna	to calm
Present	lugnar	jag lugnar
Past	lugnade	jag lugnade
Supine	lugnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lugnat	jag har lugnat
Past perfect	hade lugnat	jag hade lugnat
Future	ska lugna	or: kommer att lugna
Conditional	skulle lugna	jag skulle lugna
Imperative	lugna!	a command
Present participle	lugnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lugnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lugna
Infinitive	lugnas
Present	lugnas
Past	lugnades
Supine	lugnats

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 lugnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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lugna in a sentence

få lugnande besked
receive reassuring information
De lugnade honom med försäkringar om att hans son var oskadd
They calmed him by reassuring that his son was unharmed
Lugna dig!
Calm down!

Expressions

lugna dig!
calm down!

Questions

What does lugna mean in English?

lugna means “calm”.

What is the past tense of lugna?

The past tense of lugna is lugnade (“jag lugnade”). The supine is lugnat, used in “jag har lugnat”.

What is the present tense of lugna?

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

Similar words

blidkage rohejda

Origin

lugn + -na

Nearby common words

lugna is number 633 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

629imorgon alternative spelling of i morgon
630smart sly, sharp
631jaha oh; yes, all right
632viktigt importantly
634lyckas succeed
635the alternative spelling of te (tea)
636satt sat
637varsågod here you are

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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