Swedish noun · verb· top 1,000 most common

en smärta

suffering, affliction, grief, pain

smärta as a noun(en smärta)

Meaning

suffering; affliction; grief; pain; distress

In Swedish: plågsam kroppslig känsla som orsakas av skada el. sjukdom

Forms

Forms of smärta
Singular, indefinite	en smärta
Singular, definite	smärtan
Plural, indefinite	smärtor
Plural, definite	smärtorna

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

smärta as a verb

Meaning

pain, [give, cause] pain; grieve

In Swedish: göra ont

Conjugation

Conjugation of smärta (pain)
Infinitive	att smärta	to pain
Present	smärtar	jag smärtar
Past	smärtade	jag smärtade
Supine	smärtat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har smärtat	jag har smärtat
Past perfect	hade smärtat	jag hade smärtat
Future	ska smärta	or: kommer att smärta
Conditional	skulle smärta	jag skulle smärta
Imperative	smärta!	a command
Present participle	smärtande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	smärtad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of smärta
Infinitive	smärtas
Present	smärtas
Past	smärtades
Supine	smärtats

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 smärtar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Is it en smärta or ett smärta?

smärta in a sentence

skrika av smärta
scream with pain
psykisk smärta
mental distress
akut smärta
acute pain
Smärta är när det gör ont
Pain is when it hurts
känna smärta
feel pain
bröstsmärtor
chest pains
smärtan efter hans vän dog
the pain after his friend died
det smärtar i foten när jag går
my foot hurts when I walk
Det smärtar mig!
It pains me!

Words built with smärta

smärtgräns pain threshold
ryggsmärta back pain
smärtlindring alleviation of pain

Questions

What does smärta mean in English?

smärta means “suffering, affliction”.

Is it en smärta or ett smärta?

It is en smärta, and “the suffering” is smärtan.

What is the plural of smärta?

The plural of smärta is smärtor, and the definite plural is smärtorna.

What is the past tense of smärta?

The past tense of smärta is smärtade (“jag smärtade”). The supine is smärtat, used in “jag har smärtat”.

What is the present tense of smärta?

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

Similar words

värkpinabedrövaont

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German smerte, ultimately from the source of Etymology 3 below.

Nearby common words

smärta is number 966 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

962söt sweet, cute
963tidning newspaper, magazine
964brott crime, break
965filma film, act in a film (films)
967make husband, equal
968flickvän a girlfriend (female romantic partner)
969flesta most
970patient patient

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