Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

rekrytera

recruit

Meaning

recruit

In Swedish: skaffa fram personer till en verksamhet

Conjugation

Conjugation of rekrytera (recruit)
Infinitive	att rekrytera	to recruit
Present	rekryterar	jag rekryterar
Past	rekryterade	jag rekryterade
Supine	rekryterat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rekryterat	jag har rekryterat
Past perfect	hade rekryterat	jag hade rekryterat
Future	ska rekrytera	or: kommer att rekrytera
Conditional	skulle rekrytera	jag skulle rekrytera
Imperative	rekrytera!	a command
Present participle	rekryterande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	rekryterad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rekrytera
Infinitive	rekryteras
Present	rekryteras
Past	rekryterades
Supine	rekryterats

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 rekryterar. See the four verb groups explained.

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rekrytera in a sentence

rekrytera nya medlemmar
recruit new members

Questions

What does rekrytera mean in English?

rekrytera means “recruit”.

What is the past tense of rekrytera?

The past tense of rekrytera is rekryterade (“jag rekryterade”). The supine is rekryterat, used in “jag har rekryterat”.

What is the present tense of rekrytera?

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

Similar words

värva

Origin

rekryt + -era

Nearby common words

rekrytera is number 4,191 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,187skinka buttock, ham
4,188iallafall anyhow, in any case
4,189vartenda every single
4,190befalla command, order
4,192knarkare addict
4,193trotsa defy
4,194utbilda educate
4,195yxa axe

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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