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odla

cultivate, grow

Meaning

cultivate; grow

In Swedish: producera (växter); bruka (jorden)

Conjugation

Conjugation of odla (cultivate)
Infinitive	att odla	to cultivate
Present	odlar	jag odlar
Past	odlade	jag odlade
Supine	odlat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har odlat	jag har odlat
Past perfect	hade odlat	jag hade odlat
Future	ska odla	or: kommer att odla
Conditional	skulle odla	jag skulle odla
Imperative	odla!	a command
Present participle	odlande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	odlad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of odla
Infinitive	odlas
Present	odlas
Past	odlades
Supine	odlats

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 odlar. See the four verb groups explained.

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odla in a sentence

odla sina intressen
develop (cultivate) one's interests
odlad jord
tilled (cultivated) land
odla grönsaker
grow vegetables

Questions

What does odla mean in English?

odla means “cultivate, grow”.

What is the past tense of odla?

The past tense of odla is odlade (“jag odlade”). The supine is odlat, used in “jag har odlat”.

What is the present tense of odla?

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

Nearby common words

odla is number 3,402 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,398angripa attack
3,399judisk Jewish
3,400billigt cheaply, cheap
3,401distrahera disturb, distract
3,403svor swore
3,404samt and, as well as
3,405lugnande calming
3,406anpassa adjust, suit

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