stå
Meaning
stand; stop; be
In Swedish: hålla kroppen rakt upp (utan att röra sig)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stå | to stand |
|---|---|---|
| Present | står | jag står |
| Past | stod | jag stod |
| Supine | stått | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har stått | jag har stått |
| Past perfect | hade stått | jag hade stått |
| Future | ska stå | or: kommer att stå |
| Conditional | skulle stå | jag skulle stå |
| Imperative | stå! | a command |
| Present participle | stående | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | stånden | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | stås |
|---|---|
| Present | stås |
| Past | stods |
| Supine | ståtts |
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 står. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stå
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stå). Which is the past tense?
stå in a sentence
- Stå upp!Stand up!
- hon blev stående på gatanshe remained (paused) standing in the street
- flaskan står på bordetthe bottle is on the table
- klockan stårthe clock has stopped
- det står i tidningenit is in the paper
- dörren står på gläntthe door is ajar
- stå i centrumbe in the centre
- jag står för kostnadernaI'll stand for the cost
Expressions
- stå på egna benstand on one's own two feet
- stå i begrepp attbe on the point of
- stå till tjänst ("erbjuda sin hjälp") med någotbe at (sby's) service ("offer one's help") about sth.
- stå för dörrenbe at the door
Questions
What does stå mean in English?
stå means “stand, stop”.
What is the past tense of stå?
The past tense of stå is stod (“jag stod”). The supine is stått, used in “jag har stått”.
What is the present tense of stå?
står, the same for every person: jag står, du står, vi står.
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From Old Swedish stā, possibly from an unattested eastern Old Norse stá, or via early Middle Low German stān.
Nearby common words
stå is number 180 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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