Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

lyfta

raise, take off, draw, withdrawAlso the plural of lyft.

Meaning

raise; take off; draw; withdraw

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Conjugation

Conjugation of lyfta (raise)
Infinitive	att lyfta	to raise
Present	lyfter	jag lyfter
Past	lyfte	jag lyfte
Supine	lyft	used after har / hade
Perfect	har lyft	jag har lyft
Past perfect	hade lyft	jag hade lyft
Future	ska lyfta	or: kommer att lyfta
Conditional	skulle lyfta	jag skulle lyfta
Imperative	lyft!	a command
Present participle	lyftande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	lyft	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lyfta
Infinitive	lyftas
Present	lyfts
Past	lyftes
Supine	lyfts

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 lyfter. See the four verb groups explained.

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lyfta in a sentence

lyfta (på) luren
lift the receiver
lyfta en väska
lift a suitcase
flygplanet lyfter
the aircraft is taking off
lyfta en årslön på 200 000 kronor
draw an annual salary of SEK 200 000

Questions

What does lyfta mean in English?

lyfta means “raise, take off”.

What is the past tense of lyfta?

The past tense of lyfta is lyfte (“jag lyfte”). The supine is lyft, used in “jag har lyft”.

What is the present tense of lyfta?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish lypta, from Old Norse lypta, Proto-Germanic *luftijaną.

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