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omringa

surround

Meaning

surround

In Swedish: bilda en ring runt (i fientligt syfte)

Conjugation

Conjugation of omringa (surround)
Infinitive	att omringa	to surround
Present	omringar	jag omringar
Past	omringade	jag omringade
Supine	omringat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har omringat	jag har omringat
Past perfect	hade omringat	jag hade omringat
Future	ska omringa	or: kommer att omringa
Conditional	skulle omringa	jag skulle omringa
Imperative	omringa!	a command
Present participle	omringande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	omringad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of omringa
Infinitive	omringas
Present	omringas
Past	omringades
Supine	omringats

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 omringar. See the four verb groups explained.

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omringa in a sentence

staden är omringad av fienden
the town is surrounded by the enemy
Vi är omringade!
We are surrounded!

Questions

What does omringa mean in English?

omringa means “surround”.

What is the past tense of omringa?

The past tense of omringa is omringade (“jag omringade”). The supine is omringat, used in “jag har omringat”.

What is the present tense of omringa?

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

Origin

om (“about, around”) + ring (“ring”) + -a

Nearby common words

omringa is number 3,276 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,272objekt object
3,273stöld theft
3,274utsida outside
3,275baka bake
3,277tiga keep silent
3,278amiral admiral
3,279utforska investigate
3,280tränga push, jostle, force

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary