Swedish verb

omvända

reverse, transform, convert, bring round, the oppositeAlso the plural of omvänd.

Meaning

reverse; transform; convert, bring round; the opposite; opposite; convert; reform; to convert (in the religious sense, or more generally by extension)

Conjugation

Conjugation of omvända (reverse)
Infinitive	att omvända	to reverse
Present	omvänder	jag omvänder
Past	omvände	jag omvände
Supine	omvänt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har omvänt	jag har omvänt
Past perfect	hade omvänt	jag hade omvänt
Future	ska omvända	or: kommer att omvända
Conditional	skulle omvända	jag skulle omvända
Imperative	omvänd!	a command
Present participle	omvändande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	omvänd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of omvända
Infinitive	omvändas
Present	omvänds
Past	omvändes
Supine	omvänts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use omvänder. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise omvända

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

omvända in a sentence

Många muslimer omvändes till kristendomen av missionärerna.
Many muslims were converted to Christianity by the missioners.

Questions

What does omvända mean in English?

omvända means “reverse, transform”.

What is the past tense of omvända?

The past tense of omvända is omvände (“jag omvände”). The supine is omvänt, used in “jag har omvänt”.

What is the present tense of omvända?

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

Origin

From om- + vända.

Nearby common words

omvända is number 6,808 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,803förövare PERPETRATOR
6,805ockupera occupy
6,806visitkort a business card
6,807häktad detained, remanded
6,809brant steep, precipitous
6,810förtvivlan despair
6,811ohyfsad ill-mannered
6,812stöna groan, moan

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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