Swedish noun · verb· top 5,000 most common

en skiva

plate, board, slab, slice, disc, (disk (US)), disk (US), record, disc/²ɧiːˌva/

skiva as a noun(en skiva)

Meaning

plate, board, slab, slice, disc, (disk (US)); disk (US); record; disc; disc, (disk (US)); party

In Swedish: tunn platta

Forms

Forms of skiva
Singular, indefinite	en skiva
Singular, definite	skivan
Plural, indefinite	skivor
Plural, definite	skivorna

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

skiva as a verb

Meaning

cut; slice

In Swedish: dela eller skära i skivor

Conjugation

Conjugation of skiva (cut)
Infinitive	att skiva	to cut
Present	skivar	jag skivar
Past	skivade	jag skivade
Supine	skivat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skivat	jag har skivat
Past perfect	hade skivat	jag hade skivat
Future	ska skiva	or: kommer att skiva
Conditional	skulle skiva	jag skulle skiva
Imperative	skiva!	a command
Present participle	skivande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skivad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skiva
Infinitive	skivas
Present	skivas
Past	skivades
Supine	skivats

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 skivar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise skiva

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Is it en skiva or ett skiva?

skiva in a sentence

en skiva bröd
a slice of bread
spela in på skiva
make a record
en bordsskiva
a table top
en rund skiva
a disc [round skiva – would normally just be called a skiva unless the shape needs to be clarified]
en stor fyrkantig träskiva
a big square wooden board
en skivstång
a barbell [disc bar]
lp-skiva
LP record
en skivsamling
a record collection
skivad gurka
sliced cucumber
skivade rödbetor
sliced beetroot

Expressions

klara skivan
make it

Words built with skiva

spånskiva particle board
skivspelare recordplayer, turntable
studentskiva school-leaving party

Questions

What does skiva mean in English?

skiva means “plate, board, slab, slice, disc, (disk (US)), disk (US)”.

Is it en skiva or ett skiva?

It is en skiva, and “the plate” is skivan.

What is the plural of skiva?

The plural of skiva is skivor, and the definite plural is skivorna.

What is the past tense of skiva?

The past tense of skiva is skivade (“jag skivade”). The supine is skivat, used in “jag har skivat”.

What is the present tense of skiva?

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

Similar words

plattacd

Origin

From Old Norse skífa.

Nearby common words

skiva is number 2,212 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,208bravo well done, bravo
2,209förhandla negotiate, bargain
2,210kissa urinate, wee-wee
2,211villa to confuse, to mislead (cause someone to feel lost or to go astray)
2,213blunda shut one's eyes
2,214omständighet circumstance
2,215modell model, design
2,216kanal channel, canal

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