pumpa
pumpa as a verb
Meaning
pump
In Swedish: förflytta (vätska el. gas) med pump
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att pumpa | to pump |
|---|---|---|
| Present | pumpar | jag pumpar |
| Past | pumpade | jag pumpade |
| Supine | pumpat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har pumpat | jag har pumpat |
| Past perfect | hade pumpat | jag hade pumpat |
| Future | ska pumpa | or: kommer att pumpa |
| Conditional | skulle pumpa | jag skulle pumpa |
| Imperative | pumpa! | a command |
| Present participle | pumpande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | pumpad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | pumpas |
|---|---|
| Present | pumpas |
| Past | pumpades |
| Supine | pumpats |
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 pumpar. See the four verb groups explained.
pumpa as a noun(en pumpa)
Meaning
vegetable marrow; pumpkin
In Swedish: stor grönsak ur gurkfamiljen
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en pumpa |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | pumpan |
| Plural, indefinite | pumpor |
| Plural, definite | pumporna |
pumpa is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor pumpa, den stora pumpan. Check another noun
Practise pumpa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (pumpa). Which is the past tense?
pumpa in a sentence
- pumpa in mer pengar i företagetpump more money into the business
- pumpa upp vattnet ur brunnenpump water from the well
- pumpa cykelnpump up the bicycle tyres
Questions
What does pumpa mean in English?
pumpa means “pump”.
Is it en pumpa or ett pumpa?
It is en pumpa, and “the vegetable marrow” is pumpan.
What is the plural of pumpa?
The plural of pumpa is pumpor, and the definite plural is pumporna.
What is the past tense of pumpa?
The past tense of pumpa is pumpade (“jag pumpade”). The supine is pumpat, used in “jag har pumpat”.
What is the present tense of pumpa?
pumpar, the same for every person: jag pumpar, du pumpar, vi pumpar.
Nearby common words
pumpa is number 3,864 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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