Swedish verb · noun

skrubba

scrape, rub, scrub, graze

skrubba as a verb

Meaning

scrape; rub; scrub; graze

In Swedish: rengöra (golv etc) med en grov borste

Conjugation

Conjugation of skrubba (scrape)
Infinitive	att skrubba	to scrape
Present	skrubbar	jag skrubbar
Past	skrubbade	jag skrubbade
Supine	skrubbat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skrubbat	jag har skrubbat
Past perfect	hade skrubbat	jag hade skrubbat
Future	ska skrubba	or: kommer att skrubba
Conditional	skulle skrubba	jag skulle skrubba
Imperative	skrubba!	a command
Present participle	skrubbande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skrubbad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skrubba
Infinitive	skrubbas
Present	skrubbas
Past	skrubbades
Supine	skrubbats

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 skrubbar. See the four verb groups explained.

skrubba as a noun(en skrubba)

Meaning

European flounder (Platichthys flesus)

Forms

Forms of skrubba
Singular, indefinite	en skrubba
Singular, definite	skrubban
Plural, indefinite	skrubbor
Plural, definite	skrubborna

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

Practise skrubba

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Yesterday I … (skrubba). Which is the past tense?

skrubba in a sentence

Hon skrubbade knäet
She skinned her knee

Words built with skrubba

skrubbsår graze

Questions

What does skrubba mean in English?

skrubba means “scrape, rub”.

Is it en skrubba or ett skrubba?

It is en skrubba, and “the European flounder” is skrubban.

What is the plural of skrubba?

The plural of skrubba is skrubbor, and the definite plural is skrubborna.

What is the past tense of skrubba?

The past tense of skrubba is skrubbade (“jag skrubbade”). The supine is skrubbat, used in “jag har skrubbat”.

What is the present tense of skrubba?

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

Similar words

borsta

Nearby common words

skrubba is number 8,917 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,913stampa stamp
8,914splittrad divided, unconcentrated
8,915bestrida oppose, deny
8,916klarna clear (up)
8,918terrass terrace
8,919gino a dessert of fruit and berries gratinated with white chocolate
8,920rådgivning advice, counselling
8,921ankar anchor

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