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röra

touch, stir, mix, move, be a question of/ˈrøːˌra/

röra as a verb

Meaning

touch; stir, mix; move; be a question of; be about

In Swedish: beröra, nudda

Conjugation

Conjugation of röra (touch)
Infinitive	att röra	to touch
Present	rör	jag rör
Past	rörde	jag rörde
Supine	rört	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rört	jag har rört
Past perfect	hade rört	jag hade rört
Future	ska röra	or: kommer att röra
Conditional	skulle röra	jag skulle röra
Imperative	rör!	a command
Present participle	rörande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	rörd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of röra
Infinitive	röras
Present	rörs
Past	rördes
Supine	rörts

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 rör. See the four verb groups explained.

röra as a noun(en röra)

Meaning

mixture; mess

In Swedish: blandning, mos

Forms

Forms of röra
Singular, indefinite	en röra
Singular, definite	röran
Plural, indefinite	röror
Plural, definite	rörorna

röra is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor röra, den stora röran. Check another noun

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röra in a sentence

Rör mig inte!
Don't touch me!
hon rörde försiktigt vid skulpturen
she touched the sculpture cautiously
röra i grytan
stir the pot
röra ihop kaksmeten
mix together the cake ingredients
nu har du rört till det för mig
you have messed things up for me now
boken rörde henne djupt
the book moved her deeply
Det rör mig inte!
It doesn't matter to me!
det rör sig om stora summor
large sums of money are involved
en enda röra av hela och trasiga leksaker
a mess of unbroken and broken toys

Words built with röra

chokladröra chocolate mixture

Questions

What does röra mean in English?

röra means “touch, stir, mix”.

Is it en röra or ett röra?

It is en röra, and “the mixture” is röran.

What is the plural of röra?

The plural of röra is röror, and the definite plural is rörorna.

What is the past tense of röra?

The past tense of röra is rörde (“jag rörde”). The supine is rört, used in “jag har rört”.

What is the present tense of röra?

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

Similar words

oredaoordningberöranuddageggavidrörastökvirrvarr

Origin

From Old Swedish rø̄ra, from Old Norse hrœra, from Proto-Germanic *hrōzijaną.

Nearby common words

röra is number 663 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

659absolut certainly, absolutely
660läge position, situation
661snabbt speedy, quickly; in a fast manner
662överleva survive
664låg lay
665hårt hard, tough, hard
666bevis proof, evidence
667ordna arrange

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