Swedish verb · noun

slarva

be careless (negligent), neglect

slarva as a verb

Meaning

be careless (negligent); neglect

In Swedish: vara oordentlig eller vårdslös

Conjugation

Conjugation of slarva (be careless)
Infinitive	att slarva	to be careless
Present	slarvar	jag slarvar
Past	slarvade	jag slarvade
Supine	slarvat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slarvat	jag har slarvat
Past perfect	hade slarvat	jag hade slarvat
Future	ska slarva	or: kommer att slarva
Conditional	skulle slarva	jag skulle slarva
Imperative	slarva!	a command
Present participle	slarvande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of slarva
Infinitive	slarvas
Present	slarvas
Past	slarvades
Supine	slarvats

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 slarvar. See the four verb groups explained.

slarva as a noun(en slarva)

Meaning

a sloppy or careless female

Forms

Forms of slarva
Singular, indefinite	en slarva
Singular, definite	slarvan
Plural, indefinite	slarvor
Plural, definite	slarvorna

slarva is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor slarva, den stora slarvan. Check another noun

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slarva in a sentence

hon slarvar med sin klädsel
she's a sloppy dresser
hon slarvar bort alla sina pengar
she just fritters away her money
Hon slarvade med deklarationerna
She was sloppy with her tax returns
Vi har inte råd att slarva. Risken är för hög.
We can't afford to be careless. The risk is too high.

Questions

What does slarva mean in English?

slarva means “be careless (negligent), neglect”.

Is it en slarva or ett slarva?

It is en slarva, and “the a sloppy or careless female” is slarvan.

What is the plural of slarva?

The plural of slarva is slarvor, and the definite plural is slarvorna.

What is the past tense of slarva?

The past tense of slarva is slarvade (“jag slarvade”). The supine is slarvat, used in “jag har slarvat”.

What is the present tense of slarva?

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

Origin

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Nearby common words

slarva is number 7,451 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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7,448merit qualification
7,449saft juice, (fruit-)syrup
7,450sekvens sequence
7,452sjöjungfru mermaid
7,453webb the World Wide Web, a website (short for webbplats)
7,454panter leopard, panther
7,455hängande hanging

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