Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

mäta

measure, come to, compare/mɛːta/

Meaning

measure; come to; compare

In Swedish: fastställa el. beräkna (storlek el. mängd etc)

Conjugation

Conjugation of mäta (measure)
Infinitive	att mäta	to measure
Present	mäter	jag mäter
Past	mätte	jag mätte
Supine	mätt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har mätt	jag har mätt
Past perfect	hade mätt	jag hade mätt
Future	ska mäta	or: kommer att mäta
Conditional	skulle mäta	jag skulle mäta
Imperative	mät!	a command
Present participle	mätande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	mätt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of mäta
Infinitive	mätas
Present	mäts
Past	mättes
Supine	mätts

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 mäter. See the four verb groups explained.

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mäta in a sentence

mäta blyhalten i bensin
measure the lead content in petrol
svensk teknologi kan inte mäta sig med amerikansk
Swedish technology cannot compare (favourly) with American technology
mäta sina krafter
flex one's muscles; compete

Words built with mäta

mätinstrument gauge

Questions

What does mäta mean in English?

mäta means “measure, come to”.

What is the past tense of mäta?

The past tense of mäta is mätte (“jag mätte”). The supine is mätt, used in “jag har mätt”.

What is the present tense of mäta?

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

Similar words

jämföra

Origin

From Old Swedish mæta, from Old Norse meta, from Proto-Germanic *metaną, from Proto-Indo-European *med-.

Nearby common words

mäta is number 3,468 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,464jasså alternative form of jaså
3,465rät straight, right angle
3,466replik reply, retort
3,467förstånd sense, intelligence
3,469generös generous
3,470gömställe hiding place, hideout
3,471baron baron
3,472galenskap madness

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary