stanna
Meaning
stop; stay
In Swedish: sluta att förflytta sig
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stanna | to stop |
|---|---|---|
| Present | stannar | jag stannar |
| Past | stannade | jag stannade |
| Supine | stannat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har stannat | jag har stannat |
| Past perfect | hade stannat | jag hade stannat |
| Future | ska stanna | or: kommer att stanna |
| Conditional | skulle stanna | jag skulle stanna |
| Imperative | stanna! | a command |
| Present participle | stannande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | stannad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | stannas |
|---|---|
| Present | stannas |
| Past | stannades |
| Supine | stannats |
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 stannar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stanna
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stanna). Which is the past tense?
stanna in a sentence
- tåget stannar i Hallsbergthe train stops at Hallsberg
- klockan har stannatthe clock has stopped
- hon försökte stanna bussen genom att vinka och ropashe tried to stop the bus by waving and shouting
- stanna kvarstay behind
- stanna hemma från jobbetstay home from work
- stanna i Sverigestay in Sweden
- jag blev stannad av polisenI was stopped by the police
Questions
What does stanna mean in English?
stanna means “stop, stay”.
What is the past tense of stanna?
The past tense of stanna is stannade (“jag stannade”). The supine is stannat, used in “jag har stannat”.
What is the present tense of stanna?
stannar, the same for every person: jag stannar, du stannar, vi stannar.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish stadhna, from Old Norse staðna, derived from the past participle staðinn.
Nearby common words
stanna is number 181 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 177folk folk, people
- 178verkligen really
- 179träffa meet, hit
- 180stå stand, stop
- 182våra our, ours, plural of vår
- 183visst certainly, probably
- 184dom pronunciation spelling of de, pronunciation spelling of dem
- 185va huh? what? (a request that the speaker repeat their last statement, or an expression of disbelief); contraction of vad
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