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starta

start

Meaning

start

In Swedish: börja, sätta igång

Conjugation

Conjugation of starta (start)
Infinitive	att starta	to start
Present	startar	jag startar
Past	startade	jag startade
Supine	startat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har startat	jag har startat
Past perfect	hade startat	jag hade startat
Future	ska starta	or: kommer att starta
Conditional	skulle starta	jag skulle starta
Imperative	starta!	a command
Present participle	startande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	startad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of starta
Infinitive	startas
Present	startas
Past	startades
Supine	startats

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 startar. See the four verb groups explained.

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starta in a sentence

vi startade från Göteborg kl. 6
we set off from Gothenburg at 6 o'clock
starta en försöksverksamhet
start a trial project
Starta motorerna, vi lyfter genast!
Fire up the engines, we will take off immediately!

Questions

What does starta mean in English?

starta means “start”.

What is the past tense of starta?

The past tense of starta is startade (“jag startade”). The supine is startat, used in “jag har startat”.

What is the present tense of starta?

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

Similar words

begynnabörjainledapåbörjaanträdagå av stapelnkomma igångupprätta

Nearby common words

starta is number 779 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

775växa grow
776leda lead, conduct
777uppdrag assignment, task
778fånga catch
780försiktig careful
781början start, commencement
782dela share, divide
783framför in front of

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary