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skona

spare

Meaning

spare

In Swedish: låta (någon) slippa straff

Conjugation

Conjugation of skona (spare)
Infinitive	att skona	to spare
Present	skonar	jag skonar
Past	skonade	jag skonade
Supine	skonat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skonat	jag har skonat
Past perfect	hade skonat	jag hade skonat
Future	ska skona	or: kommer att skona
Conditional	skulle skona	jag skulle skona
Imperative	skona!	a command
Present participle	skonande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skonad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skona
Infinitive	skonas
Present	skonas
Past	skonades
Supine	skonats

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 skonar. See the four verb groups explained.

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skona in a sentence

Skona mitt liv!
Spare my life!
åkerjorden bör skonas från bebyggelse
agricultural land should be spared from development
Skona åtminstone barnen!
At least spare the children!

Questions

What does skona mean in English?

skona means “spare”.

What is the past tense of skona?

The past tense of skona is skonade (“jag skonade”). The supine is skonat, used in “jag har skonat”.

What is the present tense of skona?

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

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish skona, from Middle Low German schonen, from Proto-West Germanic *skaunōn.

Nearby common words

skona is number 3,790 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,786slagen beaten
3,787vinkel angle
3,788sensor sensor
3,789skick state, condition
3,791skärm shade, shield
3,792vätska fluid
3,793andan breath
3,794uppfann invented

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