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röja

clear up, clear (land), give away, betray

Meaning

clear up; clear (land); give away; betray; expose

In Swedish: städa, rensa upp

Conjugation

Conjugation of röja (clear up)
Infinitive	att röja	to clear up
Present	röjer	jag röjer
Past	röjde	jag röjde
Supine	röjt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har röjt	jag har röjt
Past perfect	hade röjt	jag hade röjt
Future	ska röja	or: kommer att röja
Conditional	skulle röja	jag skulle röja
Imperative	röj!	a command
Present participle	röjande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	röjd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of röja
Infinitive	röjas
Present	röjs
Past	röjdes
Supine	röjts

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 röjer. See the four verb groups explained.

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röja in a sentence

Hjälper du mig att röja efter festen?
Will you help me clear up after the party?
hon vill inte röja hemligheten
she does not want to betray the secret
De röjde mark för huset som skulle byggas
They cleared land for the house that was to be built
Den informationen är röjd för länge sedan
That information is disclosed since a long time ago
Han röjde min hemlighet
He betrayed my secret
Jag råkade röja basens position
I accidentally revealed the location of the base

Questions

What does röja mean in English?

röja means “clear up, clear (land)”.

What is the past tense of röja?

The past tense of röja is röjde (“jag röjde”). The supine is röjt, used in “jag har röjt”.

What is the present tense of röja?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish rydhia, from Old Norse ryðja, from Proto-Germanic *rudjaną.

Nearby common words

röja is number 1,716 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,712lokal premises
1,713blanda blend, mix
1,714stirra stare
1,715majestät majesty
1,717placera place
1,719hämnd vengeance, revenge
1,720födas be born
1,721via via

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