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stranda

beach, run ashore (aground), break down, fail

Meaning

beach; run ashore (aground); break down; fail

In Swedish: gå på grund vid en strand

Conjugation

Conjugation of stranda (beach)
Infinitive	att stranda	to beach
Present	strandar	jag strandar
Past	strandade	jag strandade
Supine	strandat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har strandat	jag har strandat
Past perfect	hade strandat	jag hade strandat
Future	ska stranda	or: kommer att stranda
Conditional	skulle stranda	jag skulle stranda
Imperative	stranda!	a command
Present participle	strandande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	strandad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stranda
Infinitive	strandas
Present	strandas
Past	strandades
Supine	strandats

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 strandar. See the four verb groups explained.

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stranda in a sentence

ett strandat skepp
a ship that has been run ashore (aground)
förhandlingarna har strandat
the negotiations have broken down (reached a deadlock)
Båten strandade
The boat ran aground
Han strandade båten
He ran the boat aground
Förhandlingarna strandade
The negotiations failed
De strandade förhandlingarna
They made the negotiations fail

Questions

What does stranda mean in English?

stranda means “beach, run ashore (aground)”.

What is the past tense of stranda?

The past tense of stranda is strandade (“jag strandade”). The supine is strandat, used in “jag har strandat”.

What is the present tense of stranda?

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

Origin

From strand (“beach, shore”) + -a.

Nearby common words

stranda is number 2,480 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,475konsekvens consequence
2,477silver silver, silver [medal]
2,478brorsa brother
2,479torsdag Thursday
2,481utmana challenge
2,482stödja support
2,483examen degree, examination
2,484bestämd fixed, settled

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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