Swedish verb· top 500 most common

stoppa

stop, put, stuff, darn

Meaning

stop; put; stuff; darn; mend; fill; thrust

In Swedish: laga hål i (kläder)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stoppa (stop)
Infinitive	att stoppa	to stop
Present	stoppar	jag stoppar
Past	stoppade	jag stoppade
Supine	stoppat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stoppat	jag har stoppat
Past perfect	hade stoppat	jag hade stoppat
Future	ska stoppa	or: kommer att stoppa
Conditional	skulle stoppa	jag skulle stoppa
Imperative	stoppa!	a command
Present participle	stoppande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stoppad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stoppa
Infinitive	stoppas
Present	stoppas
Past	stoppades
Supine	stoppats

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 stoppar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (stoppa). Which is the past tense?

stoppa in a sentence

stoppa strumpor
darn socks
en stoppad kudde
a filled (stuffed) cushion
stoppa handen i fickan
put one's hand in one's pocket
motorn stoppade
the engine stopped
Stoppa henne innan det är försent!
Stop her before it is too late!
De stoppade dynorna
They padded the cushions (Alternatively "They stopped the cushions")
Han stoppade handen i fickan
He put his hand in his pocket

Questions

What does stoppa mean in English?

stoppa means “stop, put”.

What is the past tense of stoppa?

The past tense of stoppa is stoppade (“jag stoppade”). The supine is stoppat, used in “jag har stoppat”.

What is the present tense of stoppa?

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

Similar words

förhindraavblåsaavstyrahindrahejdaslutastanna

Origin

From Old Norse stoppa, from Middle Low German stoppen, from Old Saxon *stoppon, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn.

Nearby common words

stoppa is number 446 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

442reda sort out
443eran alternative form of er (“your, yours”)
444dricka drink
445gått walked, gone
447herr Mr.
448ligga lie
449vore were
450chef head, director

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