Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

påstå

say, state

Meaning

say; state

In Swedish: yttra som ett faktum

Conjugation

Conjugation of påstå (say)
Infinitive	att påstå	to say
Present	påstår	jag påstår
Past	påstod	jag påstod
Supine	påstått	used after har / hade
Perfect	har påstått	jag har påstått
Past perfect	hade påstått	jag hade påstått
Future	ska påstå	or: kommer att påstå
Conditional	skulle påstå	jag skulle påstå
Imperative	påstå!	a command
Present participle	påstående	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	påstådd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of påstå
Infinitive	påstås
Present	påstås
Past	påstods
Supine	påståtts

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 påstår. See the four verb groups explained.

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

påstå in a sentence

hon påstår sig ha lagat den
she says she has mended it
han påstår att cykeln var trasig
he says the cycle was broken
den påstådde medbrottslingen
the alleged accomplice
Ja, det är vad du påstår!
Yes, that's what you claim!

Questions

What does påstå mean in English?

påstå means “say, state”.

What is the past tense of påstå?

The past tense of påstå is påstod (“jag påstod”). The supine is påstått, used in “jag har påstått”.

What is the present tense of påstå?

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

Similar words

hävdamena

Origin

på (“on”) + stå (“stand”)

Nearby common words

påstå is number 1,330 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,326tråkigt boring
1,327amerikan American
1,328döma judge
1,329skjuten shot, shot (which has been hit by a shot but not necessarily killed)
1,331engelska English
1,332högre higher, taller
1,333påverka influence, affect
1,334djupt deep, deeply

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