stödja
Meaning
support
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stödja | to support |
|---|---|---|
| Present | stöder | jag stöder |
| Past | stödde | jag stödde |
| Supine | stött | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har stött | jag har stött |
| Past perfect | hade stött | jag hade stött |
| Future | ska stödja | or: kommer att stödja |
| Conditional | skulle stödja | jag skulle stödja |
| Imperative | stöd! | a command |
| Present participle | stödjande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | stödd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | stödjas |
|---|---|
| Present | stöds |
| Past | stöddes |
| Supine | stötts |
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 stöder. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stödja
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stödja). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does stödja mean in English?
stödja means “support”.
What is the past tense of stödja?
The past tense of stödja is stödde (“jag stödde”). The supine is stött, used in “jag har stött”.
What is the present tense of stödja?
stöder, the same for every person: jag stöder, du stöder, vi stöder.
Origin
From Late Old Swedish stødhia, from Old Swedish styþia, from Old Norse styðja, from Proto-Germanic *stuþjaną.
Nearby common words
stödja is number 2,482 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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