söva
Meaning
send to sleep
In Swedish: få att sova; bedöva
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att söva | to send to sleep |
|---|---|---|
| Present | söver | jag söver |
| Past | sövde | jag sövde |
| Supine | sövt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har sövt | jag har sövt |
| Past perfect | hade sövt | jag hade sövt |
| Future | ska söva | or: kommer att söva |
| Conditional | skulle söva | jag skulle söva |
| Imperative | söv! | a command |
| Present participle | sövande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | sövd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | sövas |
|---|---|
| Present | sövs |
| Past | sövdes |
| Supine | sövts |
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 söver. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise söva
1 / 2Yesterday I … (söva). Which is the past tense?
söva in a sentence
- ett sövande föredraga truly dull talk
Questions
What does söva mean in English?
söva means “send to sleep”.
What is the past tense of söva?
The past tense of söva is sövde (“jag sövde”). The supine is sövt, used in “jag har sövt”.
What is the present tense of söva?
söver, the same for every person: jag söver, du söver, vi söver.
Origin
From Old Norse sœfa, sǿfa, causative of sova (< sofa).
Nearby common words
söva is number 5,560 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,556avvikelse divergence, deviation
- 5,557dagis diminutive for day nursery
- 5,558evakuering evacuation
- 5,559fuktig moist, damp
- 5,561bortrest out of town; away from home (and workplace)
- 5,562drunknad drowned
- 5,563stycka cut up, divide into lots, parcel out
- 5,564engagemang engagement, commitment
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary