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skrämma

terrify, alarm, scare, intimidate/²skrɛma/

Meaning

terrify; alarm; scare; intimidate; frighten

In Swedish: göra rädd el. förskrämd

Conjugation

Conjugation of skrämma (terrify)
Infinitive	att skrämma	to terrify
Present	skrämmer	jag skrämmer
Past	skrämde	jag skrämde
Supine	skrämt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skrämt	jag har skrämt
Past perfect	hade skrämt	jag hade skrämt
Future	ska skrämma	or: kommer att skrämma
Conditional	skulle skrämma	jag skulle skrämma
Imperative	skräm!	a command
Present participle	skrämmande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skrämd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skrämma
Infinitive	skrämmas
Present	skrämms
Past	skrämdes
Supine	skrämts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use skrämmer. See the four verb groups explained.

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skrämma in a sentence

du skrämde nästan vettet ur mig
you just about scared me out of my wits
han låter sig inte skrämmas i första taget
he doesn't scare easily
Du skrämde mig
You scared me
en skrämmande utveckling
a frightening development
skrämma bort någon
scare someone away

Questions

What does skrämma mean in English?

skrämma means “terrify, alarm”.

What is the past tense of skrämma?

The past tense of skrämma is skrämde (“jag skrämde”). The supine is skrämt, used in “jag har skrämt”.

What is the present tense of skrämma?

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

Similar words

förskräcka

Nearby common words

skrämma is number 856 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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853fundera think, ponder
854gissa suppose, guess
855tv television, a TV set, a telly
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858lägenhet flat, apartment (US)
859körde drove
860hemsk horrible, ghastly

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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