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njuta

enjoy/²njʉːta/

Meaning

enjoy

In Swedish: ha lustkänslor (inför något)

Conjugation

Conjugation of njuta (enjoy)
Infinitive	att njuta	to enjoy
Present	njuter	jag njuter
Past	njöt	jag njöt
Supine	njutit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har njutit	jag har njutit
Past perfect	hade njutit	jag hade njutit
Future	ska njuta	or: kommer att njuta
Conditional	skulle njuta	jag skulle njuta
Imperative	njut!	a command
Present participle	njutande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	njuten	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of njuta
Infinitive	njutas
Present	njuts
Past	njöts
Supine	njutits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use njuter. See the four verb groups explained.

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njuta in a sentence

han satt och njöt av musiken
he sat and enjoyed (was enjoying) the music
Jag njuter
I'm really enjoying myself
Här är vår nya låt. Lyssna och njut!
Here's our new song. Listen and indulge!
njuta av glass nere på stranden
indulge in (really enjoy) ice cream down on the beach
njuta av semestern
enjoy one's vacation
att slippa stress och kunna njuta av ledigheten i fulla drag
to not have to deal with stress and be able to enjoy one's time off to the fullest ("in full drafts" – idiomatic)
njuta frukterna av sitt arbete
enjoy the fruits of one's labor (idiomatic)

Words built with njuta

njutbar enjoyable

Questions

What does njuta mean in English?

njuta means “enjoy”.

What is the past tense of njuta?

The past tense of njuta is njöt (“jag njöt”). The supine is njutit, used in “jag har njutit”.

What is the present tense of njuta?

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

Origin

Old Swedish niūta, from Old Norse njóta, from Proto-Germanic *neutaną.

Nearby common words

njuta is number 1,134 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,130spara to save, to store for future use, to save; write to a disc
1,131pari par (value equalling the face value)
1,132hota threaten, menace
1,133blåljuga to lie outright, to lie through one's teeth
1,135tillstånd permission, state
1,136bära carry; wear
1,137ärlig honest
1,138klä dress, become

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