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sluta

stop, quit, end, cease/²slʉːta/

Meaning

stop; quit; end; cease; finish; quit (lämna, sluta, ge sig av); conclude; close

In Swedish: ta slut, upphöra

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluta (stop)
Infinitive	att sluta	to stop
Present	slutar	jag slutar
Past	slutade	jag slutade
Supine	slutat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slutat	jag har slutat
Past perfect	hade slutat	jag hade slutat
Future	ska sluta	or: kommer att sluta
Conditional	skulle sluta	jag skulle sluta
Imperative	sluta!	a command
Present participle	slutande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	slutad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sluta
Infinitive	slutas
Present	slutas
Past	slutades
Supine	slutats

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 slutar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

sluta in a sentence

sluta röka
quit smoking
sluta skolan
leave school
Undrar när regnet slutar?
I wonder when it will stop raining
hon slutade att arbeta som präst
she gave up holy orders
hon slutade sitt tal med ett citat från Strindberg
she wound up her speech with a quotation from Strindberg
hon slöt ögonen
she closed her eyes
sluta sig inom sig själv
retire into one's shell
sluta ett avtal
enter into an agreement

Questions

What does sluta mean in English?

sluta means “stop, quit”.

What is the past tense of sluta?

The past tense of sluta is slutade (“jag slutade”). The supine is slutat, used in “jag har slutat”.

What is the present tense of sluta?

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

Similar words

upphöraavbrytalägg avlägga avstoppa

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish slūta, from Low German sluten (“to lock up, shut”), from Middle Low German slūten, from Old Saxon *slūtan.

Nearby common words

sluta is number 143 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

139andra other, second
140ville wanted
141barn child, kid
142hända happen, occur
144rätt right
145borde ought to, should
146vän friend
147mena mean, believe

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