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minska

diminish, reduce, decrease

Meaning

diminish; reduce; decrease

In Swedish: göra mindre, reducera

Conjugation

Conjugation of minska (diminish)
Infinitive	att minska	to diminish
Present	minskar	jag minskar
Past	minskade	jag minskade
Supine	minskat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har minskat	jag har minskat
Past perfect	hade minskat	jag hade minskat
Future	ska minska	or: kommer att minska
Conditional	skulle minska	jag skulle minska
Imperative	minska!	a command
Present participle	minskande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	minskad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of minska
Infinitive	minskas
Present	minskas
Past	minskades
Supine	minskats

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 minskar. See the four verb groups explained.

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minska in a sentence

minska (på) hastigheten
reduce speed
vi måste minska vårt beroende av olja
we must reduce our dependency on oil
exporten minskade med 10 procent
exports decreased by 10 percent
minskad lönsamhet
decreased profitability

Questions

What does minska mean in English?

minska means “diminish, reduce”.

What is the past tense of minska?

The past tense of minska is minskade (“jag minskade”). The supine is minskat, used in “jag har minskat”.

What is the present tense of minska?

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

Similar words

reduceraavtaavtaga

Origin

From Old Norse *minska, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną.

Nearby common words

minska is number 2,701 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,697läskigt scary, creepy
2,698hörni used to get attention from a group of people, hey, listen
2,699andetag breath
2,702drunkna drown
2,704gryning dawn
2,705social social, public
2,706tung heavy, major

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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