Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

lösa

solve, release, pay for, dissolveAlso the plural of lös./²løːsa/

Meaning

solve; release; pay for; dissolve

In Swedish: ge fri

Conjugation

Conjugation of lösa (solve)
Infinitive	att lösa	to solve
Present	löser	jag löser
Past	löste	jag löste
Supine	löst	used after har / hade
Perfect	har löst	jag har löst
Past perfect	hade löst	jag hade löst
Future	ska lösa	or: kommer att lösa
Conditional	skulle lösa	jag skulle lösa
Imperative	lös!	a command
Present participle	lösande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	löst	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of lösa
Infinitive	lösas
Present	löses
Past	löstes
Supine	lösts

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 löser. See the four verb groups explained.

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lösa in a sentence

lösa någon ur fångenskap
release sby from captivity
lösa biljett
pay for a ticket
lösa ut en väska
redeem a suitcase
tabletten löses i vatten
the tablet is to be dissolved in water
lösa ett problem
solve a problem
Han kunde inte lösa det svåraste problemet
He couldn't solve the most difficult problem
Oroa dig inte! Det löser sig.
Don't worry! It'll work out.
Natriumklorid löser sig lätt i vatten
Sodium chloride dissolves easily in water

Questions

What does lösa mean in English?

lösa means “solve, release”.

What is the past tense of lösa?

The past tense of lösa is löste (“jag löste”). The supine is löst, used in “jag har löst”.

What is the present tense of lösa?

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

Similar words

knäcka

Origin

From Old Swedish lø̄sa, from Old Norse leysa, from Proto-Germanic *lausijaną.

Nearby common words

lösa is number 751 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

747slog hit, struck
748små small, little
749någonting something, anything
750oj oh!, sheesh!
752anledning reason, cause
753miljoner millions
754varm hot, warm
755förbi past

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