stega
Meaning
stride; step out; pace out
In Swedish: gå med långa steg
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stega | to stride |
|---|---|---|
| Present | stegar | jag stegar |
| Past | stegade | jag stegade |
| Supine | stegat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har stegat | jag har stegat |
| Past perfect | hade stegat | jag hade stegat |
| Future | ska stega | or: kommer att stega |
| Conditional | skulle stega | jag skulle stega |
| Imperative | stega! | a command |
| Present participle | stegande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | stegad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | stegas |
|---|---|
| Present | stegas |
| Past | stegades |
| Supine | stegats |
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 stegar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stega
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stega). Which is the past tense?
stega in a sentence
- pojken stegade fram till svarta tavlanthe boy strode up to the blackboard
- han stegade ut avståndet mellan husenhe paced out the distance between the houses
- Eleven stegade tvekande fram till svarta tavlan.The pupil hesitantly stepped up to the blackboard.
Questions
What does stega mean in English?
stega means “stride, step out”.
What is the past tense of stega?
The past tense of stega is stegade (“jag stegade”). The supine is stegat, used in “jag har stegat”.
What is the present tense of stega?
stegar, the same for every person: jag stegar, du stegar, vi stegar.
Origin
steg + -a, used at least since 1655.
Nearby common words
stega is number 7,261 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,257spekulera speculate
- 7,258sändebud messenger, envoy
- 7,259tick tick (quiet but sharp sound)
- 7,260svarting blacky, darkey (person with dark skin)
- 7,262gräslig tasteless, shocking
- 7,263skeptisk skeptical (US), sceptical
- 7,264desarmera to disarm, to defuse (a bomb or the like, or figuratively)
- 7,265serienummer a serial number
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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