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smyga

steal, slip, sneak, creep

Meaning

steal; slip; sneak; creep

In Swedish: gå tyst och försiktigt, tassa

Conjugation

Conjugation of smyga (steal)
Infinitive	att smyga	to steal
Present	smyger	jag smyger
Past	smög	jag smög
Supine	smugit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har smugit	jag har smugit
Past perfect	hade smugit	jag hade smugit
Future	ska smyga	or: kommer att smyga
Conditional	skulle smyga	jag skulle smyga
Imperative	smyg!	a command
Present participle	smygande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	smugen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of smyga
Infinitive	smygas
Present	smygs
Past	smögs
Supine	smugits

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 smyger. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise smyga

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

smyga in a sentence

hon smög på tå för att inte väcka barnen
she crept in on her toes so as not to wake the children
en smygande sjukdom
an insidious disease

Questions

What does smyga mean in English?

smyga means “steal, slip”.

What is the past tense of smyga?

The past tense of smyga is smög (“jag smög”). The supine is smugit, used in “jag har smugit”.

What is the present tense of smyga?

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

Similar words

tassa

Origin

From Old Swedish smiūgha, from Old Norse smjúga, from Proto-Germanic *smeuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-.

Nearby common words

smyga is number 2,444 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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2,446roa amuse, entertain
2,447ex specimen, example
2,448banan banana

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