Swedish verb

sumpa

miss

Meaning

miss

In Swedish: missa

Conjugation

Conjugation of sumpa (miss)
Infinitive	att sumpa	to miss
Present	sumpar	jag sumpar
Past	sumpade	jag sumpade
Supine	sumpat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sumpat	jag har sumpat
Past perfect	hade sumpat	jag hade sumpat
Future	ska sumpa	or: kommer att sumpa
Conditional	skulle sumpa	jag skulle sumpa
Imperative	sumpa!	a command
Present participle	sumpande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sumpad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sumpa
Infinitive	sumpas
Present	sumpas
Past	sumpades
Supine	sumpats

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 sumpar. See the four verb groups explained.

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sumpa in a sentence

vi sumpade chansen
we missed the chance
sumpa en chans
blow a chance
en sumpad chans
a wasted [blown] opportunity
Sumpa det inte bara
Just don't blow it

Questions

What does sumpa mean in English?

sumpa means “miss”.

What is the past tense of sumpa?

The past tense of sumpa is sumpade (“jag sumpade”). The supine is sumpat, used in “jag har sumpat”.

What is the present tense of sumpa?

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

Similar words

förlora

Nearby common words

sumpa is number 6,299 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,295ärm sleeve
6,296skicklighet skill, grant
6,297beröm commendation, praise
6,298rörigt messily, chaotically
6,300flygvapen an air force
6,301förmögen wealthy
6,302hockey hockey, clipping of ishockey
6,303kåre breeze

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