Swedish verb

sudda

erase, rub out

Meaning

erase, rub out

In Swedish: utplåna, radera

Conjugation

Conjugation of sudda (erase)
Infinitive	att sudda	to erase
Present	suddar	jag suddar
Past	suddade	jag suddade
Supine	suddat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har suddat	jag har suddat
Past perfect	hade suddat	jag hade suddat
Future	ska sudda	or: kommer att sudda
Conditional	skulle sudda	jag skulle sudda
Imperative	sudda!	a command
Present participle	suddande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	suddad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sudda
Infinitive	suddas
Present	suddas
Past	suddades
Supine	suddats

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 suddar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise sudda

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Yesterday I … (sudda). Which is the past tense?

sudda in a sentence

sudda på tavlan
clean the board
hon suddade ut spåren efter sig
she wiped out her tracks

Questions

What does sudda mean in English?

sudda means “erase, rub out”.

What is the past tense of sudda?

The past tense of sudda is suddade (“jag suddade”). The supine is suddat, used in “jag har suddat”.

What is the present tense of sudda?

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

Nearby common words

sudda is number 7,410 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

7,406kritiker critic
7,407padda toad
7,408resenär traveller
7,409stup precipice, steep slope
7,411tendens tendency, trend
7,412utpost outpost
7,413smugglare smuggler
7,414real objective, real, pertaining to real and physical objects

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