Swedish verb

skifta

shift, exchange for, change, alter

Meaning

shift; exchange for; change; alter

In Swedish: byta, växla

Conjugation

Conjugation of skifta (shift)
Infinitive	att skifta	to shift
Present	skiftar	jag skiftar
Past	skiftade	jag skiftade
Supine	skiftat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skiftat	jag har skiftat
Past perfect	hade skiftat	jag hade skiftat
Future	ska skifta	or: kommer att skifta
Conditional	skulle skifta	jag skulle skifta
Imperative	skifta!	a command
Present participle	skiftande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skiftad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skifta
Infinitive	skiftas
Present	skiftas
Past	skiftades
Supine	skiftats

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 skiftar. See the four verb groups explained.

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skifta in a sentence

skifta humör
have a change of mood
personer med skiftande bakgrund
persons of varying background
uppgifterna om olyckan skiftar
the details of the accident vary
Hennes humör skiftade med vädret
Her mood shifted with the weather
en bild på en nebulosa i skiftande färger
a picture of a nebula in shifting colors
Kameleonter kan skifta färg
Chameleons can change color
skifta tempo under loppet
change the pace during the race
Restaurangen har skiftat ägare många gånger
The restaurant has changed hands many times

Questions

What does skifta mean in English?

skifta means “shift, exchange for”.

What is the past tense of skifta?

The past tense of skifta is skiftade (“jag skiftade”). The supine is skiftat, used in “jag har skiftat”.

What is the present tense of skifta?

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

Similar words

växlavarierabyta

Origin

From Old Swedish skipta.

Nearby common words

skifta is number 8,719 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,715tandkräm toothpaste
8,716hoppla Move on!, go faster!, oops, upsadaisy
8,717kriminalpolis a branch of the police that investigates crime, a detective; an investigator; a police that investigates crime
8,718talman speaker of the riksdag (“parliament”), a president (in the European Union)
8,720förvränga distort
8,721fördrag treaty
8,722medgivande admission, permission
8,723spritt spread

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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