Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

skydda

preserve, protect, cover, secure

Meaning

preserve; protect; cover; secure; shelter; defend

In Swedish: bevara från fara el. skada, försvara

Conjugation

Conjugation of skydda (preserve)
Infinitive	att skydda	to preserve
Present	skyddar	jag skyddar
Past	skyddade	jag skyddade
Supine	skyddat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skyddat	jag har skyddat
Past perfect	hade skyddat	jag hade skyddat
Future	ska skydda	or: kommer att skydda
Conditional	skulle skydda	jag skulle skydda
Imperative	skydda!	a command
Present participle	skyddande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skyddad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skydda
Infinitive	skyddas
Present	skyddas
Past	skyddades
Supine	skyddats

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 skyddar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

skydda in a sentence

skydda lägenheten mot inbrott
secure the flat against burglary
en skyddad vik
a sheltered bay

Questions

What does skydda mean in English?

skydda means “preserve, protect”.

What is the past tense of skydda?

The past tense of skydda is skyddade (“jag skyddade”). The supine is skyddat, used in “jag har skyddat”.

What is the present tense of skydda?

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

Similar words

försvaravärna

Origin

Clipping of beskydda, inherited from Old Swedish beskydda, borrowed from Middle Low German beschudden.

Nearby common words

skydda is number 510 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

506lång long, tall
507leva live, be noisy
508dessa these
509sakna miss, lack
511fixa arrange, fix
512viss certain
513val election, choice
514sticka knit, prick

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