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nämna

mention

Meaning

mention

In Swedish: tala om (i förbigående)

Conjugation

Conjugation of nämna (mention)
Infinitive	att nämna	to mention
Present	nämner	jag nämner
Past	nämnde	jag nämnde
Supine	nämnt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har nämnt	jag har nämnt
Past perfect	hade nämnt	jag hade nämnt
Future	ska nämna	or: kommer att nämna
Conditional	skulle nämna	jag skulle nämna
Imperative	nämn!	a command
Present participle	nämnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	nämnd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of nämna
Infinitive	nämnas
Present	nämns
Past	nämndes
Supine	nämnts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use nämner. See the four verb groups explained.

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nämna in a sentence

det bör nämnas att han var förkyld under matchen
it is worth mentioning that Borg had a cold at the time of the match
han besegrade Connors och Fibak, för att nämna några
he beat Connors and Fibak, to name just a few
Hon nämnde att du var sjuk.
She mentioned that you were ill.

Questions

What does nämna mean in English?

nämna means “mention”.

What is the past tense of nämna?

The past tense of nämna is nämnde (“jag nämnde”). The supine is nämnt, used in “jag har nämnt”.

What is the present tense of nämna?

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

Similar words

omnämnasadeangeuppgeyppa

Origin

From Old Swedish næmna, from Old Norse nefna, nemna, from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Nearby common words

nämna is number 1,089 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,085testa test
1,086speciell special
1,087sheriff sheriff
1,088monster monster
1,090hette was called (named)
1,091begå commit, perpetrate
1,092föda give birth to, feed
1,093fira celebrate, shirk, truant

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