Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

skruva

spin, screw, turn down (up)

Meaning

spin; screw; turn down (up)

In Swedish: vrida (skruv)

Conjugation

Conjugation of skruva (spin)
Infinitive	att skruva	to spin
Present	skruvar	jag skruvar
Past	skruvade	jag skruvade
Supine	skruvat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skruvat	jag har skruvat
Past perfect	hade skruvat	jag hade skruvat
Future	ska skruva	or: kommer att skruva
Conditional	skulle skruva	jag skulle skruva
Imperative	skruva!	a command
Present participle	skruvande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skruvad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skruva
Infinitive	skruvas
Present	skruvas
Past	skruvades
Supine	skruvats

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 skruvar. See the four verb groups explained.

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skruva in a sentence

skruva i en lampa
screw in a light bulb
skruva i en skruv
screw in a screw
skruva ner radion
turn down the radio
Han skruvade lite obekvämt på sig i stolen
He shifted a bit uncomfortably in his chair

Expressions

skruva på sig
squirm

Questions

What does skruva mean in English?

skruva means “spin, screw”.

What is the past tense of skruva?

The past tense of skruva is skruvade (“jag skruvade”). The supine is skruvat, used in “jag har skruvat”.

What is the present tense of skruva?

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

Similar words

vrida

Origin

skruv + -a

Nearby common words

skruva is number 3,936 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,932misslyckad unsuccessful
3,933konung king
3,934bubbla bubble
3,935bättra improve
3,937syskon siblings, brothers and sisters
3,938smörgås an (open-face) sandwich (slice(s) of bread with toppings, usually buttered), sandwiches (as a dish)
3,939hopa jump, heaping
3,940vicepresident vice president

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary