Swedish verb

omvandla

transform

Meaning

transform

In Swedish: få att ändra form, förvandla

Conjugation

Conjugation of omvandla (transform)
Infinitive	att omvandla	to transform
Present	omvandlar	jag omvandlar
Past	omvandlade	jag omvandlade
Supine	omvandlat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har omvandlat	jag har omvandlat
Past perfect	hade omvandlat	jag hade omvandlat
Future	ska omvandla	or: kommer att omvandla
Conditional	skulle omvandla	jag skulle omvandla
Imperative	omvandla!	a command
Present participle	omvandlande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	omvandlad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of omvandla
Infinitive	omvandlas
Present	omvandlas
Past	omvandlades
Supine	omvandlats

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 omvandlar. See the four verb groups explained.

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omvandla in a sentence

vätskan omvandlas till gas
the liquid is changed into a gas
fängelsestraffet omvandlades till böter
the prison sentence was changed (commuted, modified) to a fine

Questions

What does omvandla mean in English?

omvandla means “transform”.

What is the past tense of omvandla?

The past tense of omvandla is omvandlade (“jag omvandlade”). The supine is omvandlat, used in “jag har omvandlat”.

What is the present tense of omvandla?

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

Similar words

konverteraomforma

Origin

Related to omvända (“to convert”)

Nearby common words

omvandla is number 6,768 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,764tyngd weight, gravity
6,765helhet whole, entirety
6,766kalv calf
6,767list ruse, trick
6,769lejd hired
6,770genetiskt genetic, genetically
6,771olägligt illegal, unconvenient
6,772dokumentera to document

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