Swedish verb

omge

surround

Meaning

surround

In Swedish: finnas runt omkring, omfatta

Conjugation

Conjugation of omge (surround)
Infinitive	att omge	to surround
Present	omger	jag omger
Past	omgav	jag omgav
Supine	omgett	used after har / hade
Perfect	har omgett	jag har omgett
Past perfect	hade omgett	jag hade omgett
Future	ska omge	or: kommer att omge
Conditional	skulle omge	jag skulle omge
Imperative	omge!	a command
Present participle	omgivande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	omgiven	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of omge
Infinitive	omges
Present	omgs
Past	omgavs
Supine	omgetts

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 omger. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (omge). Which is the past tense?

omge in a sentence

omgiven av fiender
surrounded by enemies
den omgivande landsbygden
the surrounding countryside

Questions

What does omge mean in English?

omge means “surround”.

What is the past tense of omge?

The past tense of omge is omgav (“jag omgav”). The supine is omgett, used in “jag har omgett”.

What is the present tense of omge?

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

Similar words

omsluta

Origin

Borrowed from German umgeben, equivalent to om + ge.

Nearby common words

omge is number 6,008 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,004övertid overtime
6,005utifall in case of, in case
6,006tutta to set on fire, to torch, to ignite (a fire), to set on fire, to torch
6,007lotta draw lots
6,009fika drink coffee
6,010kaj quay, dock
6,011protein protein
6,012ryktas is rumoured

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