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slita

wear, wear out, tear, pull

Meaning

wear; wear out; tear; pull; work [hard]; toil; slave away

In Swedish: nöta

Conjugation

Conjugation of slita (wear)
Infinitive	att slita	to wear
Present	sliter	jag sliter
Past	slet	jag slet
Supine	slitit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slitit	jag har slitit
Past perfect	hade slitit	jag hade slitit
Future	ska slita	or: kommer att slita
Conditional	skulle slita	jag skulle slita
Imperative	slit!	a command
Present participle	slitande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sliten	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of slita
Infinitive	slitas
Present	slits
Past	slets
Supine	slitits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use sliter. See the four verb groups explained.

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slita in a sentence

slita ut sina skor
wear out one's shoes
tyget håller att slita på
the cloth is resistant to wear
hunden slet sig (loss)
the dog got off (the lead, chain, etc.)
rycka och slita i dörren
tug and jerk at the door
slita för brödfödan
struggle to make a living
slita med trädgården
battle with the garden
slita tag i någon
forcefully grab someone
slita isär något
tear something apart

Words built with slita

slitstark hard-wearing

Questions

What does slita mean in English?

slita means “wear, wear out”.

What is the past tense of slita?

The past tense of slita is slet (“jag slet”). The supine is slitit, used in “jag har slitit”.

What is the present tense of slita?

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

Similar words

ryckaknega

Origin

From Old Swedish slīta, from Old Norse slíta, from Proto-Germanic *slītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *slaid-, *sled-.

Nearby common words

slita is number 1,537 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,533mardröm nightmare
1,534förbannad angry, bloody, cursed
1,535språk language
1,536dejta to date, to date (someone)
1,538energi energy
1,539inspektör inspector
1,540begrava bury, inter
1,541city downtown area

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