Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

misslyckas

fail

Meaning

fail

In Swedish: försöka nå ett visst resultat utan framgång

Conjugation

Conjugation of misslyckas (fail)
Infinitive	att misslyckas	to fail
Present	misslyckas	jag misslyckas
Past	misslyckades	jag misslyckades
Supine	misslyckats	used after har / hade
Perfect	har misslyckats	jag har misslyckats
Past perfect	hade misslyckats	jag hade misslyckats
Future	ska misslyckas	or: kommer att misslyckas
Conditional	skulle misslyckas	jag skulle misslyckas
Imperative	misslyckas!	a command

misslyckas 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 misslyckas. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does misslyckas mean?

misslyckas in a sentence

regeringen misslyckades med sin politik
Government policy failed

Questions

What does misslyckas mean in English?

misslyckas means “fail”.

What is the past tense of misslyckas?

The past tense of misslyckas is misslyckades (“jag misslyckades”). The supine is misslyckats, used in “jag har misslyckats”.

What is the present tense of misslyckas?

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

Similar words

göra fiaskohaverera

Origin

miss- + lyckas

Nearby common words

misslyckas is number 1,284 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,280prov trial, test, experiment, examination
1,281present present
1,282mormor a maternal grandmother
1,283genast immediately
1,285förstod understood
1,286försvara defend
1,287äldre older, elderly
1,288ej not

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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