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ringa

call, ring, call (by telephone)

ringa as a verb

Meaning

call; ring; call (by telephone)

In Swedish: använda telefon, telefonera

Conjugation

Conjugation of ringa (call)
Infinitive	att ringa	to call
Present	ringer	jag ringer
Past	ringde	jag ringde
Supine	ringt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ringt	jag har ringt
Past perfect	hade ringt	jag hade ringt
Future	ska ringa	or: kommer att ringa
Conditional	skulle ringa	jag skulle ringa
Imperative	ring!	a command
Present participle	ringande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ringd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ringa
Infinitive	ringas
Present	rings
Past	ringdes
Supine	ringts

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 ringer. See the four verb groups explained.

ringa as an adjective

Meaning

small; insignificant

In Swedish: som har liten omfattning

Forms

Forms of ringa
Basic form	ringa	with en-words
Neuter	ringa	with ett-words
Plural and definite	ringa	plural nouns, and after den / det / de
Comparative	ringare	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	ringast	“-est”, “most …”

Practise ringa

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Yesterday I … (ringa). Which is the past tense?

ringa in a sentence

Ring mig ikväll!
Ring me this evening!
hon ringde brandkåren
she rang the fire brigade
vi ringde runt till firmorna på orten
we rang round the firms in the area
väckarklockan ringde inte i morse
the alarm clock did not ring this morning
ett ringa antal
a negligible number
hon har inte den ringaste chans
she hasn't got the slightest chance
hennes ringa ålder
her young age
ringa stöld
petty theft
Jag har inte den ringaste aning
I don't have the faintest idea
ringa betydelse
little importance

Questions

What does ringa mean in English?

ringa means “call, ring”.

What is the past tense of ringa?

The past tense of ringa is ringde (“jag ringde”). The supine is ringt, used in “jag har ringt”.

What is the present tense of ringa?

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

Similar words

oansenligfögaknapphändigotillräckligslå en signaltelefoneraspädvagt

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish ringia, ringa, from Old Norse hringja, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną.

Nearby common words

ringa is number 171 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

167låta let, sound
168gjort done
169hem home
170fel wrong
172blev was, got
173utan without
174tog took
175sätt way, manner

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