rengöra
Meaning
clean; wash
In Swedish: göra ren
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att rengöra | to clean |
|---|---|---|
| Present | rengör | jag rengör |
| Past | rengjorde | jag rengjorde |
| Supine | rengjort | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har rengjort | jag har rengjort |
| Past perfect | hade rengjort | jag hade rengjort |
| Future | ska rengöra | or: kommer att rengöra |
| Conditional | skulle rengöra | jag skulle rengöra |
| Imperative | rengör! | a command |
| Present participle | rengörande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | rengjord | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | rengöras |
|---|---|
| Present | rengörs |
| Past | rengjordes |
| Supine | rengjorts |
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 rengör. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise rengöra
1 / 2Yesterday I … (rengöra). Which is the past tense?
rengöra in a sentence
- rengöra en maskinclean a machine
Questions
What does rengöra mean in English?
rengöra means “clean, wash”.
What is the past tense of rengöra?
The past tense of rengöra is rengjorde (“jag rengjorde”). The supine is rengjort, used in “jag har rengjort”.
What is the present tense of rengöra?
rengör, the same for every person: jag rengör, du rengör, vi rengör.
Similar words
städasanerafeja
Origin
ren + göra
Nearby common words
rengöra is number 4,619 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,615politiskt political
- 4,616blandning blend, mixture
- 4,617depression depression
- 4,618frige set free, release
- 4,620inkommande incoming
- 4,621premiärminister prime minister
- 4,622ask packet, box
- 4,623biskop bishop
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