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störa

interrupt/²stœːra/

Meaning

interrupt

In Swedish: avbryta verksamhet

Conjugation

Conjugation of störa (interrupt)
Infinitive	att störa	to interrupt
Present	stör	jag stör
Past	störde	jag störde
Supine	stört	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stört	jag har stört
Past perfect	hade stört	jag hade stört
Future	ska störa	or: kommer att störa
Conditional	skulle störa	jag skulle störa
Imperative	stör!	a command
Present participle	störande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	störd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of störa
Infinitive	störas
Present	störs
Past	stördes
Supine	störts

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 stör. See the four verb groups explained.

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störa in a sentence

Stör mig inte!
Don't interrupt (disturb) me!
störande inslag
rowdy (boisterous, troublesome) elements

Questions

What does störa mean in English?

störa means “interrupt”.

What is the past tense of störa?

The past tense of störa is störde (“jag störde”). The supine is stört, used in “jag har stört”.

What is the present tense of störa?

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

Similar words

distrahera

Origin

From German stören and/or Middle Low German stö̂ren, both from Proto-West Germanic *staurijan.

Nearby common words

störa is number 1,644 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,640oliv olive
1,641klocka clock, watch
1,642japp yep, yup (affirmative answer)
1,643avgöra conclude, settle
1,645misstänka suspect
1,646loss loose
1,647bro bridge
1,648hals neck

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