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lyda

obey, run, read

Meaning

obey; run; read

In Swedish: göra som någon annan vill

Conjugation

Conjugation of lyda (obey)
Infinitive	att lyda	to obey
Present	lyder	jag lyder
Past	lydde	jag lydde
Supine	lytt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lytt	jag har lytt
Past perfect	hade lytt	jag hade lytt
Future	ska lyda	or: kommer att lyda
Conditional	skulle lyda	jag skulle lyda
Imperative	lyd!	a command
Present participle	lydande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lydd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lyda
Infinitive	lydas
Present	lyds
Past	lyddes
Supine	lytts

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 lyder. See the four verb groups explained.

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

lyda in a sentence

lyda order
obey orders
Hur lyder brevet?
What does the letter say?
rekordet lyder på 7.52
the record is at 7.52
en god hund lyder sin husbondes röst
a good dog obeys its master's voice
den nya lagen lyder som följer
the new law has the following wording

Questions

What does lyda mean in English?

lyda means “obey, run”.

What is the past tense of lyda?

The past tense of lyda is lydde (“jag lydde”). The supine is lytt, used in “jag har lytt”.

What is the present tense of lyda?

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

Similar words

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Origin

From Old Swedish lyþa, from Old Norse hlýða, from Proto-Germanic *hliuþijaną.

Nearby common words

lyda is number 1,564 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,560rida ride
1,561händelse event, occurrence
1,562duga be adequate, be suitable
1,563rom roe, rum
1,566matt feeble, weak
1,567respektera respect
1,568stycken instances, instances of (anything)
1,569skylla blame

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