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stänga

close, shut

Meaning

close; shut

In Swedish: tillsluta, slå igen

Conjugation

Conjugation of stänga (close)
Infinitive	att stänga	to close
Present	stänger	jag stänger
Past	stängde	jag stängde
Supine	stängt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stängt	jag har stängt
Past perfect	hade stängt	jag hade stängt
Future	ska stänga	or: kommer att stänga
Conditional	skulle stänga	jag skulle stänga
Imperative	stäng!	a command
Present participle	stängande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stängd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stänga
Infinitive	stängas
Present	stängs
Past	stängdes
Supine	stängts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use stänger. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise stänga

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

stänga in a sentence

stängda dörrar
closed doors
Stäng fönstret!
Shut the window!
stänga gränserna
close the borders
en del av sjukhuset stängs sommartid
part of the hospital is closed in the summer
Stäng dörren är du snäll
Please close the door
Landet har stängt sina gränser
The country has closed its borders
ett stängt utrymme
an enclosed space
Vi stängde för hålet med plankor
We closed the hole with planks

Questions

What does stänga mean in English?

stänga means “close, shut”.

What is the past tense of stänga?

The past tense of stänga is stängde (“jag stängde”). The supine is stängt, used in “jag har stängt”.

What is the present tense of stänga?

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

Similar words

förslutatillslutaupphöra

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Norse stengja (“to bar”) (> Danish stænge (“to bar, bolt”)), cognate with dialectal German stängen/stängeln.

Nearby common words

stänga is number 585 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

581allihop everybody, everybody, everyone, all people
582möta meet, meet, pass
583snygg good-looking, handsome
584miss miss, mistake
586rest rest, remainder
587snäll good, good-natured
588ställ rack, stand
589stort largely

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