Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

snygga

tidy [oneself] up, smarten up, make presentableAlso the plural of snygg.

Meaning

tidy [oneself] up, smarten up, make presentable

In Swedish: göra snygg(are)

Conjugation

Conjugation of snygga (tidy [oneself] up)
Infinitive	att snygga	to tidy [oneself] up
Present	snyggar	jag snyggar
Past	snyggade	jag snyggade
Supine	snyggat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har snyggat	jag har snyggat
Past perfect	hade snyggat	jag hade snyggat
Future	ska snygga	or: kommer att snygga
Conditional	skulle snygga	jag skulle snygga
Imperative	snygga!	a command

Passive (-s form)

Passive of snygga
Infinitive	snyggas
Present	snyggas
Past	snyggades
Supine	snyggats

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 snyggar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise snygga

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

snygga in a sentence

jag kommer, jag måste bara snygga till håret
I'll be with you as soon as I've fixed my hairdo

Questions

What does snygga mean in English?

snygga means “tidy [oneself] up, smarten up, make presentable”.

What is the past tense of snygga?

The past tense of snygga is snyggade (“jag snyggade”). The supine is snyggat, used in “jag har snyggat”.

What is the present tense of snygga?

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

Origin

snygg (“nice-looking”) + -a

Nearby common words

snygga is number 2,134 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,130därinne in there, inside
2,131öken desert, waste
2,132rep rope, rehearsal
2,133stinka stink
2,135tålamod patience
2,136fiska fish, go fishing
2,137tystnad silence
2,138bytt changed, swapped

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