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stöta

knock, bump, pound, crush/²støːta/

Meaning

knock; bump; pound; crush; bruise; offend; shock

In Swedish: ge en stöt

Conjugation

Conjugation of stöta (knock)
Infinitive	att stöta	to knock
Present	stöter	jag stöter
Past	stötte	jag stötte
Supine	stött	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stött	jag har stött
Past perfect	hade stött	jag hade stött
Future	ska stöta	or: kommer att stöta
Conditional	skulle stöta	jag skulle stöta
Imperative	stöt!	a command
Present participle	stötande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stött	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stöta
Infinitive	stötas
Present	stöts
Past	stöttes
Supine	stötts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use stöter. See the four verb groups explained.

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stöta in a sentence

stöta till någon
bump against (knock) sby
tre skedar rosmarin stötes fint i mortel
finely crush (grind) three spoonfuls of rosemary with a mortar and pestle
stötande åsikter
offensive opinions
Båten stötte i/emot bryggan
The boat bumped against the pier
Jag råkade stöta emot honom när jag gick förbi
I accidentally bumped into [against] him as I was walking past
Hon stötte till honom i sidan med armbågen
She elbowed him in the side [bumped till (expresses a sudden and brief action) him in the side with her elbow]
I biljard kan man stöta köspetsen mot köbollen så att den far iväg och stöter ner en annan boll i ett hål
In pool, you can strike the tip of the cue against the cue ball so that it goes off and knocks [down] another ball into a pocket ["bump" sounds too light in this example]
Stöt kardemummakärnorna i morteln
Crush the cardamom seeds in the mortar

Expressions

stöta ihop med någon
bump into sby
stöta på någon
dance attendance on sby

Questions

What does stöta mean in English?

stöta means “knock, bump”.

What is the past tense of stöta?

The past tense of stöta is stötte (“jag stötte”). The supine is stött, used in “jag har stött”.

What is the present tense of stöta?

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

Similar words

raggaputta

Origin

stöt + -a

Nearby common words

stöta is number 1,970 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,966expert expert
1,967teknik technique, technology
1,968fält field
1,969spegel mirror
1,971grav grave, moat
1,972sola expose to the sun, sunbathe
1,973tyska German
1,974förlust loss, defeat

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