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rensa

clean, clear

Meaning

clean; clear

In Swedish: ta bort el. sortera bort (skräp etc)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rensa (clean)
Infinitive	att rensa	to clean
Present	rensar	jag rensar
Past	rensade	jag rensade
Supine	rensat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rensat	jag har rensat
Past perfect	hade rensat	jag hade rensat
Future	ska rensa	or: kommer att rensa
Conditional	skulle rensa	jag skulle rensa
Imperative	rensa!	a command
Present participle	rensande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	rensad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rensa
Infinitive	rensas
Present	rensas
Past	rensades
Supine	rensats

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 rensar. See the four verb groups explained.

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rensa in a sentence

rensa ut (=göra sig av med) politiska motståndare
purge (=get rid of) political opponents
rensa jordgubbar
pick over clean strawberries
rensa ogräs
weed
rensa förrådet
clean out the storage room
rensa tankarna
clear one's head [thoughts]
rensa webbläsarhistoriken
clear one's browsing history
rensa upp bland gängen
clean up in among the gangs
rensa en fisk
gut a fish

Expressions

rensa luften
clear the air

Questions

What does rensa mean in English?

rensa means “clean, clear”.

What is the past tense of rensa?

The past tense of rensa is rensade (“jag rensade”). The supine is rensat, used in “jag har rensat”.

What is the present tense of rensa?

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

Similar words

sanera

Origin

From Old Swedish rēnsa, rænsa, from Old Norse hreinsa, from Proto-Germanic *hrainisōną.

Nearby common words

rensa is number 1,990 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,986botten bottom
1,987synas be visible
1,988stulen stolen
1,989tand tooth
1,991sovmorgon sleep in
1,992lampa lamp
1,993ting thing, matter
1,994innehålla contain, withhold

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary