Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

längta

yearn, long

Meaning

yearn; long

In Swedish: önska starkt, vänta ivrigt

Conjugation

Conjugation of längta (yearn)
Infinitive	att längta	to yearn
Present	längtar	jag längtar
Past	längtade	jag längtade
Supine	längtat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har längtat	jag har längtat
Past perfect	hade längtat	jag hade längtat
Future	ska längta	or: kommer att längta
Conditional	skulle längta	jag skulle längta
Imperative	längta!	a command
Present participle	längtande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	längtad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of längta
Infinitive	längtas
Present	längtas
Past	längtades
Supine	längtats

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 längtar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise längta

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

längta in a sentence

längta hem
long for home
jag längtar efter en kopp kaffe
I'm dying for a cup of coffee
jag längtar efter dig
I long for you
Barnen sade att de redan längtade till jul.
The children said they were already longing for Christmas.
De älskande längtade efter varandras sällskap.
The lovers longed for each other's company.

Questions

What does längta mean in English?

längta means “yearn, long”.

What is the past tense of längta?

The past tense of längta is längtade (“jag längtade”). The supine is längtat, used in “jag har längtat”.

What is the present tense of längta?

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

Similar words

hungratörsta

Nearby common words

längta is number 2,118 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,114billig cheap
2,115spöa beat, whip
2,116slott manor house, castle
2,117rejäl strong, big
2,119kommendör Commander, Commodore
2,120godnatt good night
2,121fruktansvärt horribly, terrible
2,122yngre younger

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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