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pröva

try (out)/prøːva/

Meaning

try (out)

In Swedish: utföra prov (på), försöka

Conjugation

Conjugation of pröva (try)
Infinitive	att pröva	to try
Present	prövar	jag prövar
Past	prövade	jag prövade
Supine	prövat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har prövat	jag har prövat
Past perfect	hade prövat	jag hade prövat
Future	ska pröva	or: kommer att pröva
Conditional	skulle pröva	jag skulle pröva
Imperative	pröva!	a command
Present participle	prövande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	prövad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of pröva
Infinitive	prövas
Present	prövas
Past	prövades
Supine	prövats

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 prövar. See the four verb groups explained.

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pröva in a sentence

pröva sig fram
progress by trial and error, feel one's way
pröva en ny metod
try a new method
ett experiment för att pröva en teori
an experiment to test a theory
Pröva dina krafter med vår kraftmätare
Try your strength with our high striker
Pröva dina kunskaper med vårt quiz
Test your knowledge with our quiz
pröva lyckan som ståuppkomiker
try one's luck as a stand-up comedian ["testa lyckan" sounds off, like in English]
pröva någons tålamod
test someone's patience
en hårt prövad man
a man under a lot of strain [a severely tested man]

Words built with pröva

prövotid trial period

Questions

What does pröva mean in English?

pröva means “try (out)”.

What is the past tense of pröva?

The past tense of pröva is prövade (“jag prövade”). The supine is prövat, used in “jag har prövat”.

What is the present tense of pröva?

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

Similar words

försökatestaprovabehandlatry

Nearby common words

pröva is number 1,979 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,975sjukt incredibly, totally
1,976evighet eternity
1,977linda wind, wrap
1,978mars March
1,980rulla roll
1,982bilderna the pictures, pictures
1,983desperat desperate
1,984kanon cannon

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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