Swedish verb· top 500 most common

minnas

remember

Meaning

remember

In Swedish: komma ihåg

Conjugation

Conjugation of minnas (remember)
Infinitive	att minnas	to remember
Present	minns	jag minns
Past	mindes	jag mindes
Supine	mints	used after har / hade
Perfect	har mints	jag har mints
Past perfect	hade mints	jag hade mints
Future	ska minnas	or: kommer att minnas
Conditional	skulle minnas	jag skulle minnas
Imperative	minns!	a command

minnas is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use minns. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does minnas mean?

minnas in a sentence

om jag minns rätt
if I remember correctly
jag minns när kriget bröt ut
I remember when the war broke out
Minns du mig?
Do you remember me?
Jag minns inte vad som hände
I don't remember what happened

Questions

What does minnas mean in English?

minnas means “remember”.

What is the past tense of minnas?

The past tense of minnas is mindes (“jag mindes”). The supine is mints, used in “jag har mints”.

What is the present tense of minnas?

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

Similar words

komma ihåg

Origin

Reflexive or passive form of minna, from Old Norse minna (“to remind”).

Nearby common words

minnas is number 276 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

272vart where
273vecka week
274säker sure, safe
275hämta fetch, collect
277ute out, up
278rädda save
279fortsätta continue, go on
280fått got

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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