mörda
Meaning
murder
In Swedish: begå mord (på), avsiktligt döda
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att mörda | to murder |
|---|---|---|
| Present | mördar | jag mördar |
| Past | mördade | jag mördade |
| Supine | mördat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har mördat | jag har mördat |
| Past perfect | hade mördat | jag hade mördat |
| Future | ska mörda | or: kommer att mörda |
| Conditional | skulle mörda | jag skulle mörda |
| Imperative | mörda! | a command |
| Present participle | mördande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | mördad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | mördas |
|---|---|
| Present | mördas |
| Past | mördades |
| Supine | mördats |
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 mördar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise mörda
1 / 2Yesterday I … (mörda). Which is the past tense?
mörda in a sentence
- statsministern mördades på öppen gatathe prime minister was murdered on the street
Questions
What does mörda mean in English?
mörda means “murder”.
What is the past tense of mörda?
The past tense of mörda is mördade (“jag mördade”). The supine is mördat, used in “jag har mördat”.
What is the present tense of mörda?
mördar, the same for every person: jag mördar, du mördar, vi mördar.
Similar words
ha ihjäl
Origin
From Old Swedish myrþa, from Old Norse myrða.
Nearby common words
mörda is number 562 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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