ruttna
Meaning
rot
In Swedish: skadas av röta
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att ruttna | to rot |
|---|---|---|
| Present | ruttnar | jag ruttnar |
| Past | ruttnade | jag ruttnade |
| Supine | ruttnat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har ruttnat | jag har ruttnat |
| Past perfect | hade ruttnat | jag hade ruttnat |
| Future | ska ruttna | or: kommer att ruttna |
| Conditional | skulle ruttna | jag skulle ruttna |
| Imperative | ruttna! | a command |
| Present participle | ruttnande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | ruttnad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | ruttnas |
|---|---|
| Present | ruttnas |
| Past | ruttnades |
| Supine | ruttnats |
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 ruttnar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise ruttna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (ruttna). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does ruttna mean in English?
ruttna means “rot”.
What is the past tense of ruttna?
The past tense of ruttna is ruttnade (“jag ruttnade”). The supine is ruttnat, used in “jag har ruttnat”.
What is the present tense of ruttna?
ruttnar, the same for every person: jag ruttnar, du ruttnar, vi ruttnar.
Origin
rutten + -a, Old Swedish rutna, rotna, same as Danish rådne, Norwegian Bokmål råtne, Icelandic rotna.
Nearby common words
ruttna is number 2,855 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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