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skylta

expose, display, dress [a window]

Meaning

expose; display; dress [a window]

In Swedish: ställa ut (varor); göra reklam

Conjugation

Conjugation of skylta (expose)
Infinitive	att skylta	to expose
Present	skyltar	jag skyltar
Past	skyltade	jag skyltade
Supine	skyltat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skyltat	jag har skyltat
Past perfect	hade skyltat	jag hade skyltat
Future	ska skylta	or: kommer att skylta
Conditional	skulle skylta	jag skulle skylta
Imperative	skylta!	a command
Present participle	skyltande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skyltad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skylta
Infinitive	skyltas
Present	skyltas
Past	skyltades
Supine	skyltats

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 skyltar. See the four verb groups explained.

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skylta in a sentence

skylta med sina åsikter
air one's views
Vägen är inte skyltad
The road has no signs
Att man fått sparken från tio företag är inget man skyltar med på sitt CV
That you've gotten fired from ten companies is not something you flaunt on your CV

Questions

What does skylta mean in English?

skylta means “expose, display”.

What is the past tense of skylta?

The past tense of skylta is skyltade (“jag skyltade”). The supine is skyltat, used in “jag har skyltat”.

What is the present tense of skylta?

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

Origin

skylt (“sign”) + -a

Nearby common words

skylta is number 4,858 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,854argument argument
4,855hemsida home page, a home page, a web page, a web site
4,856hövding chieftain, chief
4,857kyl fridge
4,859nörd nerd
4,860boom boom
4,861brännas burn
4,862nötter nuts

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