Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

slåss

fight

Meaning

fight

In Swedish: slå varandra, strida

Conjugation

Conjugation of slåss (fight)
Infinitive	att slåss	to fight
Present	slåss	jag slåss
Past	slogs	jag slogs
Supine	slagits	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slagits	jag har slagits
Past perfect	hade slagits	jag hade slagits
Future	ska slåss	or: kommer att slåss
Conditional	skulle slåss	jag skulle slåss
Imperative	slåss!	a command

slåss is a deponent verb: it ends in -s in every form but has an active meaning, so it has no separate passive. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use slåss. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does slåss mean?

slåss in a sentence

Sluta slåss!
Stop fighting!
slåss om arbetstillfällena
scramble for jobs
slåss för lika rättigheter
fight for equal rights
Pojkarna slogs på skolgården
The boys were fighting (fist fighting) in the schoolyard
De slogs mot monstret
They fought (with fists against) the monster (also implying that the monster punches back)
Hon gillar att slåss
She likes to fight (fist fight)
Han slogs för det han trodde på
He fought for what he believed in

Questions

What does slåss mean in English?

slåss means “fight”.

What is the past tense of slåss?

The past tense of slåss is slogs (“jag slogs”). The supine is slagits, used in “jag har slagits”.

What is the present tense of slåss?

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

Similar words

fightasfajtas

Origin

Passive form of slå.

Nearby common words

slåss is number 823 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

819intressant interesting
820laga fix, repair
821lik like, alike
822egna own, own; plural of egen
824tanke thought
825röst voice, vote
826skön comfortable, nice
827lura fool, trick

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