Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

sabba

ruin, spoil, vandalize

Meaning

ruin; spoil; vandalize

In Swedish: sabotera

Conjugation

Conjugation of sabba (ruin)
Infinitive	att sabba	to ruin
Present	sabbar	jag sabbar
Past	sabbade	jag sabbade
Supine	sabbat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sabbat	jag har sabbat
Past perfect	hade sabbat	jag hade sabbat
Future	ska sabba	or: kommer att sabba
Conditional	skulle sabba	jag skulle sabba
Imperative	sabba!	a command
Present participle	sabbande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sabbad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sabba
Infinitive	sabbas
Present	sabbas
Past	sabbades
Supine	sabbats

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 sabbar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise sabba

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sabba in a sentence

Ni sabbade det
You ruined it
Han bara sabbar
He just ruins things

Questions

What does sabba mean in English?

sabba means “ruin, spoil”.

What is the past tense of sabba?

The past tense of sabba is sabbade (“jag sabbade”). The supine is sabbat, used in “jag har sabbat”.

What is the present tense of sabba?

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

Similar words

fördärvaförstörapaja

Origin

Clipping of sabotera.

Nearby common words

sabba is number 1,840 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,836stig path
1,837intervju interview
1,838dagdrömma daydream
1,839jakt hunt, yacht
1,841skatt tax, duty
1,842ramla fall
1,843löjligt ridiculously
1,844skapad created, shaped

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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