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strypa

choke, strangle, throttle

Meaning

choke; strangle; throttle

In Swedish: döda genom att trycka ihop luftstrupen

Conjugation

Conjugation of strypa (choke)
Infinitive	att strypa	to choke
Present	stryper	jag stryper
Past	ströp	jag ströp
Supine	strypt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har strypt	jag har strypt
Past perfect	hade strypt	jag hade strypt
Future	ska strypa	or: kommer att strypa
Conditional	skulle strypa	jag skulle strypa
Imperative	stryp!	a command
Present participle	strypande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	strypt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of strypa
Infinitive	strypas
Present	stryps
Past	ströps
Supine	strypts

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 stryper. See the four verb groups explained.

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strypa in a sentence

strypa produktionen
cut back production
Ja, det är bara double precision som är strypt på konsumentkorten.
Yes, it's only double precision that is throttled on consumer-grade cards.

Words built with strypa

strypgrepp stranglehold

Questions

What does strypa mean in English?

strypa means “choke, strangle”.

What is the past tense of strypa?

The past tense of strypa is ströp (“jag ströp”). The supine is strypt, used in “jag har strypt”.

What is the present tense of strypa?

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

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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