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påminna

remind, resemble

Meaning

remind; resemble

In Swedish: hjälpa att komma ihåg

Conjugation

Conjugation of påminna (remind)
Infinitive	att påminna	to remind
Present	påminner	jag påminner
Past	påminde	jag påminde
Supine	påmint	used after har / hade
Perfect	har påmint	jag har påmint
Past perfect	hade påmint	jag hade påmint
Future	ska påminna	or: kommer att påminna
Conditional	skulle påminna	jag skulle påminna
Imperative	påminn!	a command
Present participle	påminnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	påmind	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of påminna
Infinitive	påminnas
Present	påminns
Past	påmindes
Supine	påmints

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 påminner. See the four verb groups explained.

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

påminna in a sentence

hon påminde om att böckerna skulle lämnas tillbaka
she reminded (us) that the books should be returned
hon påminde om böckerna
she reminded (us) about the books
en sjukdom som påminner om vanlig förkylning
an illness that resembles a common cold

Questions

What does påminna mean in English?

påminna means “remind, resemble”.

What is the past tense of påminna?

The past tense of påminna is påminde (“jag påminde”). The supine is påmint, used in “jag har påmint”.

What is the present tense of påminna?

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

Origin

From på + minna.

Nearby common words

påminna is number 1,006 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,002park park, fleet
1,003risk risk
1,004skämt joke, jest; fun
1,005märka notice, observe
1,007skillnad distinction, divergence
1,008morse morning (in i morse, this morning)
1,009delar parts
1,010rådslå deliberate, consult

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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