Swedish verb

sära

separate, part

Meaning

separate; part

In Swedish: föra isär

Conjugation

Conjugation of sära (separate)
Infinitive	att sära	to separate
Present	särar	jag särar
Past	särade	jag särade
Supine	särat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har särat	jag har särat
Past perfect	hade särat	jag hade särat
Future	ska sära	or: kommer att sära
Conditional	skulle sära	jag skulle sära
Imperative	sära!	a command
Present participle	särande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	särad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of sära
Infinitive	säras
Present	säras
Past	särades
Supine	särats

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 särar. See the four verb groups explained.

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sära in a sentence

sära på benen
part one's legs
De tvingades sära på fångarna
They were forced to separate the prisoners
Han särade på benen
He spread his legs apart
Läpparna särades
The lips parted

Questions

What does sära mean in English?

sära means “separate, part”.

What is the past tense of sära?

The past tense of sära is särade (“jag särade”). The supine is särat, used in “jag har särat”.

What is the present tense of sära?

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

Similar words

delaskilja

Origin

From sär (“apart”) + -a.

Nearby common words

sära is number 5,205 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,201justera adjust, approve
5,202befordrad promoted
5,203graviditet pregnancy
5,204opassande improper
5,206förberedelse preparation
5,207integritet integrity
5,208rentvå clear, exculpate
5,209tatuera tattoo

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary