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skatta

estimate; esteem, value, pay taxes

Meaning

estimate; esteem, value; pay taxes

In Swedish: uppskatta, bedöma

Conjugation

Conjugation of skatta (estimate)
Infinitive	att skatta	to estimate
Present	skattar	jag skattar
Past	skattade	jag skattade
Supine	skattat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skattat	jag har skattat
Past perfect	hade skattat	jag hade skattat
Future	ska skatta	or: kommer att skatta
Conditional	skulle skatta	jag skulle skatta
Imperative	skatta!	a command
Present participle	skattande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skattad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skatta
Infinitive	skattas
Present	skattas
Past	skattades
Supine	skattats

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 skattar. See the four verb groups explained.

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skatta in a sentence

antalet åskådare skattades till fem tusen
the number of spectators was estimated at five thousand
Han skattade att kostnaden skulle hamna runt 1000 kr
He estimated that the cost would end up somewhere around 1000 SEK
Han skattade kollegorna högt
He valued his colleagues greatly
Du kan skatta dig lycklig att tigern inte var hungrig
You may consider yourself lucky that the tiger wasn't hungry

Questions

What does skatta mean in English?

skatta means “estimate; esteem, value, pay taxes”.

What is the past tense of skatta?

The past tense of skatta is skattade (“jag skattade”). The supine is skattat, used in “jag har skattat”.

What is the present tense of skatta?

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

Nearby common words

skatta is number 4,574 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,570relevant relevant
4,571taskig rotten, nasty
4,572obeväpnad unarmed
4,573effektivt effective, efficient
4,575isa to ice (cool with ice)
4,576debatt debate
4,577halka slip
4,578smula scrap, crumb

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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