Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

samarbeta

cooperate, work together, collaborate

Meaning

cooperate; work together; collaborate

In Swedish: arbeta tillsammans, samverka

Conjugation

Conjugation of samarbeta (cooperate)
Infinitive	att samarbeta	to cooperate
Present	samarbetar	jag samarbetar
Past	samarbetade	jag samarbetade
Supine	samarbetat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har samarbetat	jag har samarbetat
Past perfect	hade samarbetat	jag hade samarbetat
Future	ska samarbeta	or: kommer att samarbeta
Conditional	skulle samarbeta	jag skulle samarbeta
Imperative	samarbeta!	a command
Present participle	samarbetande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of samarbeta
Infinitive	samarbetas
Present	samarbetas
Past	samarbetades
Supine	samarbetats

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 samarbetar. See the four verb groups explained.

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samarbeta in a sentence

samarbeta med någon
cooperate with sby

Questions

What does samarbeta mean in English?

samarbeta means “cooperate, work together”.

What is the past tense of samarbeta?

The past tense of samarbeta is samarbetade (“jag samarbetade”). The supine is samarbetat, used in “jag har samarbetat”.

What is the present tense of samarbeta?

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

Origin

sam- + arbeta

Nearby common words

samarbeta is number 1,492 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,488hundra hundred
1,489fann found
1,490härligt sweet, lovely; wonderfully
1,491naken naked
1,493häftigt awesome, cool
1,494stol chair
1,495skugga tail, shadow
1,496begravning funeral, interment

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary