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stjäla

steal/ˈɧɛːˌla/

Meaning

steal

In Swedish: ta (andras egendom) utan tillåtelse

Conjugation

Conjugation of stjäla (steal)
Infinitive	att stjäla	to steal
Present	stjäl	jag stjäl
Past	stal	jag stal
Supine	stulit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stulit	jag har stulit
Past perfect	hade stulit	jag hade stulit
Future	ska stjäla	or: kommer att stjäla
Conditional	skulle stjäla	jag skulle stjäla
Imperative	stjäl!	a command
Present participle	stjälande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stulen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stjäla
Infinitive	stjälas
Present	stjäls
Past	stals
Supine	stulits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use stjäl. See the four verb groups explained.

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stjäla in a sentence

stjäla en idé
steal an idea
stjäla en cykel
steal a cycle

Questions

What does stjäla mean in English?

stjäla means “steal”.

What is the past tense of stjäla?

The past tense of stjäla is stal (“jag stal”). The supine is stulit, used in “jag har stulit”.

What is the present tense of stjäla?

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

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Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *stelaną Old Norse stela Old Swedish stiæla Swedish stjäla Inherited from Old Swedish stiæla, from Old Norse stela, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.

Nearby common words

stjäla is number 903 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

899hotell hotel
900dan constituted in a certain manner
901skog wood, forest
902förutom apart from, aside from
904naturligtvis of course
905istället instead of, instead
906drink drink
907jösses heavens

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