Swedish verb · noun

skida

to ski

skida as a verb

Meaning

to ski

Conjugation

Conjugation of skida (ski)
Infinitiveatt skidato ski
Presentskidarjag skidar
Pastskidadejag skidade
Supineskidatused after har / hade
Perfecthar skidatjag har skidat
Past perfecthade skidatjag hade skidat
Futureska skidaor: kommer att skida
Conditionalskulle skidajag skulle skida
Imperativeskida!a command
Present participleskidande-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skida
Infinitiveskidas
Presentskidas
Pastskidades
Supineskidats

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 skidar. See the four verb groups explained.

skida as a noun(en skida)

Meaning

ski; sheath; scabbard; pod

In Swedish: en av ett par långsmala stycken av trä (el. plast etc) att åka på snö med

Forms

Forms of skida
Singular, indefiniteen skida
Singular, definiteskidan
Plural, indefiniteskidor
Plural, definiteskidorna

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

Practise skida

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skida in a sentence

  • han åker ofta skidor på vintern
    in the winter he often goes skiing

Words built with skida

  • skidstav ski stick
  • skidlöpare skier
  • skidlift ski lift
  • skidbacke ski slope
  • vattenskida water ski
  • ärtskida pea pod

Questions

What does skida mean in English?

skida means “to ski”.

Is it en skida or ett skida?

It is en skida, and “the ski” is skidan.

What is the plural of skida?

The plural of skida is skidor, and the definite plural is skidorna.

What is the past tense of skida?

The past tense of skida is skidade (“jag skidade”). The supine is skidat, used in “jag har skidat”.

What is the present tense of skida?

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

Origin

From Old Norse skíð (“snowshoe, billet”), from Proto-Germanic *skīdą (“billet”).

Nearby common words

skida is number 5,859 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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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