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strida

fight, conflict with, be contrary to

Meaning

fight; conflict with; be contrary to

In Swedish: utkämpa strid

Conjugation

Conjugation of strida (fight)
Infinitive	att strida	to fight
Present	strider	jag strider
Past	stred	jag stred
Supine	stridit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stridit	jag har stridit
Past perfect	hade stridit	jag hade stridit
Future	ska strida	or: kommer att strida
Conditional	skulle strida	jag skulle strida
Imperative	strid!	a command
Present participle	stridande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of strida
Infinitive	stridas
Present	strids
Past	streds
Supine	stridits

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 strider. See the four verb groups explained.

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strida in a sentence

soldaterna stred tappert
the soldiers fought valiantly
beslutet strider mot lagen
the decision is against the law
strida mot fienden
battle against the enemy
Soldaterna stred sida vid sida
The soldiers fought side by side
De stred för lika rättigheter
They fought for equal rights (kämpa is more common)
Det strider mot lagen
It is against the law
Det strider mot allt sunt förnuft
It is contrary to all common sense
Skulpturen strider mot god smak
The sculpture is contrary to good taste

Questions

What does strida mean in English?

strida means “fight, conflict with”.

What is the past tense of strida?

The past tense of strida is stred (“jag stred”). The supine is stridit, used in “jag har stridit”.

What is the present tense of strida?

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

Similar words

krigakämpautkämpa

Origin

Inherited from Old Norse stríða, from Proto-Germanic *strīdaną

Nearby common words

strida is number 1,944 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,940ovanligt unusually, unusual
1,941lana to participate in a LAN party
1,942inuti inside
1,943butik store (US), shop
1,945still still
1,946förhör questioning, interview
1,947fattig poor
1,948likadan similar

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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