Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

skapa

create, cause, engender, produce/skɑːpa/

Meaning

create; cause; engender; produce; give rise to; make

In Swedish: få något att existera, forma (något nytt)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skapa (create)
Infinitive	att skapa	to create
Present	skapar	jag skapar
Past	skapade	jag skapade
Supine	skapat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skapat	jag har skapat
Past perfect	hade skapat	jag hade skapat
Future	ska skapa	or: kommer att skapa
Conditional	skulle skapa	jag skulle skapa
Imperative	skapa!	a command
Present participle	skapande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skapad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skapa
Infinitive	skapas
Present	skapas
Past	skapades
Supine	skapats

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 skapar. See the four verb groups explained.

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skapa in a sentence

en tavla skapad av en amatör
a painting done by an amateur
skapande verksamhet
creative activity
skapa nya jobb
create new jobs
skapa gynnsamma förutsättningar för en fredlig utveckling
create conditions conducive to a peaceful development

Questions

What does skapa mean in English?

skapa means “create, cause”.

What is the past tense of skapa?

The past tense of skapa is skapade (“jag skapade”). The supine is skapat, used in “jag har skapat”.

What is the present tense of skapa?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish skapa, from Old Norse skapa (“to create”), from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną.

Nearby common words

skapa is number 649 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

645tjänst favour, service
646grabb fellow, lad
647bok book, beech
648säng bed
650kontor office
651skaffa get, get hold of, obtain, procure, find; furnish, provide, do
652byta exchange, change
653misstag mistake

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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