Swedish verb

spekulera

speculate

Meaning

speculate

In Swedish: fundera (kring ett svårt problem)

Conjugation

Conjugation of spekulera (speculate)
Infinitive	att spekulera	to speculate
Present	spekulerar	jag spekulerar
Past	spekulerade	jag spekulerade
Supine	spekulerat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har spekulerat	jag har spekulerat
Past perfect	hade spekulerat	jag hade spekulerat
Future	ska spekulera	or: kommer att spekulera
Conditional	skulle spekulera	jag skulle spekulera
Imperative	spekulera!	a command
Present participle	spekulerande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	spekulerad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of spekulera
Infinitive	spekuleras
Present	spekuleras
Past	spekulerades
Supine	spekulerats

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 spekulerar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise spekulera

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spekulera in a sentence

spekulera över framtiden
speculate about the future

Questions

What does spekulera mean in English?

spekulera means “speculate”.

What is the past tense of spekulera?

The past tense of spekulera is spekulerade (“jag spekulerade”). The supine is spekulerat, used in “jag har spekulerat”.

What is the present tense of spekulera?

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

Origin

From Latin speculari (“to watch”).

Nearby common words

spekulera is number 7,257 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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7,254byracka mongrel, cur
7,255diarré diarrhoea, (diarrhea (US))
7,256lärling apprentice
7,258sändebud messenger, envoy
7,259tick tick (quiet but sharp sound)
7,260svarting blacky, darkey (person with dark skin)
7,261stega stride, step out

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