Swedish verb

rubba

move, disturb

Meaning

move, disturb

In Swedish: flytta (något tungt) en liten bit

Conjugation

Conjugation of rubba (move)
Infinitive	att rubba	to move
Present	rubbar	jag rubbar
Past	rubbade	jag rubbade
Supine	rubbat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rubbat	jag har rubbat
Past perfect	hade rubbat	jag hade rubbat
Future	ska rubba	or: kommer att rubba
Conditional	skulle rubba	jag skulle rubba
Imperative	rubba!	a command
Present participle	rubbande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	rubbad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rubba
Infinitive	rubbas
Present	rubbas
Past	rubbades
Supine	rubbats

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 rubbar. See the four verb groups explained.

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rubba in a sentence

rubba den fastställda ordningen
disturb (upset) the fixed order of things
stenen går inte att rubba
the stone cannot be moved (budged)
Han kunde inte rubba (på) stenen
He couldn't move the rock
att rubba balansen
to upset the balance
Han gick inte att rubba
His mind could not be changed ("He could not be nudged")
Det där är ju rubbat
That's crazy
Han är rubbad
He's deranged

Questions

What does rubba mean in English?

rubba means “move, disturb”.

What is the past tense of rubba?

The past tense of rubba is rubbade (“jag rubbade”). The supine is rubbat, used in “jag har rubbat”.

What is the present tense of rubba?

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

Similar words

flytta påstöra

Origin

Related to Icelandic rubba (“to scrape”), of uncertain origin, possibly from Old Norse riūfa, rjúfa (“to break open, clear away”).

Nearby common words

rubba is number 7,635 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,630nylle mug, face
7,631spaning spying, scouting, prediction, forecast
7,633chanslös not standing a chance
7,634bagagelucka synonym of baklucka
7,636nappa bite
7,637avföring excrement, feces (US)
7,638förakt contempt, disdain
7,639uppfyllelse fulfilment

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