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Swedish verb

stöna

groan, moan

Meaning

groan; moan

In Swedish: ge ifrån sig ett dovt och utdraget ljud av smärta

Conjugation

Conjugation of stöna (groan)
Infinitiveatt stönato groan
Presentstönarjag stönar
Paststönadejag stönade
Supinestönatused after har / hade
Perfecthar stönatjag har stönat
Past perfecthade stönatjag hade stönat
Futureska stönaor: kommer att stöna
Conditionalskulle stönajag skulle stöna
Imperativestöna!a command
Present participlestönande-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stöna
Infinitivestönas
Presentstönas
Paststönades
Supinestönats

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 stönar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

stöna in a sentence

  • stöna av smärta
    groan (moan) with pain

Questions

What does stöna mean in English?

stöna means “groan, moan”.

What is the past tense of stöna?

The past tense of stöna is stönade (“jag stönade”). The supine is stönat, used in “jag har stönat”.

What is the present tense of stöna?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish stynia, from Old Norse stynja.

Nearby common words

stöna is number 6,812 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 6,808omvända reverse, transform
  • 6,809brant steep, precipitous
  • 6,810förtvivlan despair
  • 6,811ohyfsad ill-mannered
  • 6,813talan suit
  • 6,814tango tango
  • 6,815bu boo; a loud exclamation intended to scare someone, usually a child., boo; an exclamation used to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.
  • 6,816oroande worrying
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