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en sida

side, page, aspect, point of view/²siːda/

sida as a noun(en sida)

Meaning

side; page; aspect; point of view; part

In Swedish: gränsyta, kant, del (som inte är i mitten)

Forms

Forms of sida
Singular, indefinite	en sida
Singular, definite	sidan
Plural, indefinite	sidor
Plural, definite	sidorna

sida is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor sida, den stora sidan. Check another noun

sida as a verb

Meaning

to seed (a player into a competition), more commonly seeda; to side (with), to be allied with

Conjugation

Conjugation of sida (seed)
Infinitive	att sida	to seed
Present	sidar	jag sidar
Past	sidade	jag sidade
Supine	sidat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sidat	jag har sidat
Past perfect	hade sidat	jag hade sidat
Future	ska sida	or: kommer att sida
Conditional	skulle sida	jag skulle sida
Imperative	sida!	a command
Present participle	sidande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sidad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sida
Infinitive	sidas
Present	sidas
Past	sidades
Supine	sidats

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 sidar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Is it en sida or ett sida?

sida in a sentence

vid sidan om det ordinarie utbudet
in addition to the standard assortment
vara på den säkra sidan
be on the safe side
från allmänhetens sida
from the point of view of the general public
vid sidan av vägen
by the side of the road
en annan sida av saken
another aspect of the matter
ligga på sidan
lie on one's side
stå sida vid sida
stand side by side
sida upp och sida ner
page after page
Hon har sidats in i första startledet och tilldelats startnummer 21.
She was seeded into the first line, starting as number 21.
Det var inte så att britterna sidade med araberna.
It wasn't so that the Brits sided with the Arabs.

Expressions

å ena sidan ... å andra sidan
on one hand ... on the other

Words built with sida

personalsida staffing side
skuggsida seamy side
avigsida unpleasant side
sidogren collateral branch
sydsida southern side
förstasida front page
bildsida pictorial page
sidhänvisning page reference

Questions

What does sida mean in English?

sida means “side, page”.

Is it en sida or ett sida?

It is en sida, and “the side” is sidan.

What is the plural of sida?

The plural of sida is sidor, and the definite plural is sidorna.

What is the past tense of sida?

The past tense of sida is sidade (“jag sidade”). The supine is sidat, used in “jag har sidat”.

What is the present tense of sida?

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

Similar words

blad

Origin

From Old Swedish sīþa, from Old Norse síða, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ.

Nearby common words

sida is number 331 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

327all all
328vilket which
329sann true, truthful
330rum room, space
332fall case, fall
333tag grip, stroke
334fem five
335ensam lonely, alone

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