Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

riskera

risk, run the risk of, jeopardise, to risk

Meaning

risk; run the risk of; jeopardise; to risk; neurolog

In Swedish: ta en risk, våga, äventyra, sätta på spel

Conjugation

Conjugation of riskera (risk)
Infinitive	att riskera	to risk
Present	riskerar	jag riskerar
Past	riskerade	jag riskerade
Supine	riskerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har riskerat	jag har riskerat
Past perfect	hade riskerat	jag hade riskerat
Future	ska riskera	or: kommer att riskera
Conditional	skulle riskera	jag skulle riskera
Imperative	riskera!	a command
Present participle	riskerande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	riskerad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of riskera
Infinitive	riskeras
Present	riskeras
Past	riskerades
Supine	riskerats

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 riskerar. See the four verb groups explained.

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riskera in a sentence

de riskerar att förlora kontraktet
they risk losing the contract
hon riskerade livet
she risked her life

Questions

What does riskera mean in English?

riskera means “risk, run the risk of”.

What is the past tense of riskera?

The past tense of riskera is riskerade (“jag riskerade”). The supine is riskerat, used in “jag har riskerat”.

What is the present tense of riskera?

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

Similar words

sätta på speläventyrachansasatsa

Origin

From French risquer + -a, equivalent to risk + -era.

Nearby common words

riskera is number 1,237 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,233föreställa depict, portray
1,234flaska bottle
1,235vit white
1,236kunnat could
1,238tvätta wash
1,239känd well-known
1,240bråka kick up a fuss, fight
1,241tillåta allow

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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