strunta
Meaning
not bother about
In Swedish: inte bry sig om
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att strunta | to not bother about |
|---|---|---|
| Present | struntar | jag struntar |
| Past | struntade | jag struntade |
| Supine | struntat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har struntat | jag har struntat |
| Past perfect | hade struntat | jag hade struntat |
| Future | ska strunta | or: kommer att strunta |
| Conditional | skulle strunta | jag skulle strunta |
| Imperative | strunta! | a command |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | struntas |
|---|---|
| Present | struntas |
| Past | struntades |
| Supine | struntats |
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 struntar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise strunta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (strunta). Which is the past tense?
strunta in a sentence
- strunta i detaljernot bother about details
Questions
What does strunta mean in English?
strunta means “not bother about”.
What is the past tense of strunta?
The past tense of strunta is struntade (“jag struntade”). The supine is struntat, used in “jag har struntat”.
What is the present tense of strunta?
struntar, the same for every person: jag struntar, du struntar, vi struntar.
Origin
From strunt (“nonsense”) + -a.
Nearby common words
strunta is number 1,336 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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