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skryta

boast, brag

Meaning

boast; brag

In Swedish: berömma sig själv, skrävla

Conjugation

Conjugation of skryta (boast)
Infinitive	att skryta	to boast
Present	skryter	jag skryter
Past	skröt	jag skröt
Supine	skrutit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skrutit	jag har skrutit
Past perfect	hade skrutit	jag hade skrutit
Future	ska skryta	or: kommer att skryta
Conditional	skulle skryta	jag skulle skryta
Imperative	skryt!	a command
Present participle	skrytande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skruten	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skryta
Infinitive	skrytas
Present	skryts
Past	skröts
Supine	skrutits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use skryter. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise skryta

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

skryta in a sentence

han skryter med sina fina bekantskaper
he keeps bragging about all the fine people he knows

Questions

What does skryta mean in English?

skryta means “boast, brag”.

What is the past tense of skryta?

The past tense of skryta is skröt (“jag skröt”). The supine is skrutit, used in “jag har skrutit”.

What is the present tense of skryta?

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

Similar words

stoltserabriljeraskrävla

Origin

From Middle Low German schruten (“to puff, snort”), probably an expressive/imitative development of Old Saxon hrutan (“to snore, make a noise”).

Nearby common words

skryta is number 4,250 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,246begripa understand, perceive
4,247övertygande convincing
4,248ledsna to get tired (of someone/something one has had enough of (hence taking action))
4,249omedelbar direct, immediate
4,251poesi poetry
4,252rikedom wealth, riches
4,253husdjur a pet
4,254tryckt printed

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