Swedish verb

ockupera

occupy

Meaning

occupy

In Swedish: inta och hålla (ett område) med vapenmakt

Conjugation

Conjugation of ockupera (occupy)
Infinitive	att ockupera	to occupy
Present	ockuperar	jag ockuperar
Past	ockuperade	jag ockuperade
Supine	ockuperat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ockuperat	jag har ockuperat
Past perfect	hade ockuperat	jag hade ockuperat
Future	ska ockupera	or: kommer att ockupera
Conditional	skulle ockupera	jag skulle ockupera
Imperative	ockupera!	a command
Present participle	ockuperande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ockuperad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ockupera
Infinitive	ockuperas
Present	ockuperas
Past	ockuperades
Supine	ockuperats

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 ockuperar. See the four verb groups explained.

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ockupera in a sentence

ockupera en lägenhet
occupy (sit in) an apartment
på ockuperat område
in an occupied area

Questions

What does ockupera mean in English?

ockupera means “occupy”.

What is the past tense of ockupera?

The past tense of ockupera is ockuperade (“jag ockuperade”). The supine is ockuperat, used in “jag har ockuperat”.

What is the present tense of ockupera?

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

Nearby common words

ockupera is number 6,805 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,800volt vault, volt
6,801olåst unlocked
6,802förklädnad disguise, costume
6,803förövare PERPETRATOR
6,806visitkort a business card
6,807häktad detained, remanded
6,808omvända reverse, transform
6,809brant steep, precipitous

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