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tappa

drop, draw

Meaning

drop; draw

In Swedish: släppa (till marken) oavsiktligt

Conjugation

Conjugation of tappa (drop)
Infinitive	att tappa	to drop
Present	tappar	jag tappar
Past	tappade	jag tappade
Supine	tappat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tappat	jag har tappat
Past perfect	hade tappat	jag hade tappat
Future	ska tappa	or: kommer att tappa
Conditional	skulle tappa	jag skulle tappa
Imperative	tappa!	a command
Present participle	tappande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tappad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tappa
Infinitive	tappas
Present	tappas
Past	tappades
Supine	tappats

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 tappar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

tappa in a sentence

tappa kontrollen över utvecklingen
lose control of a situation
tappa bort sina glasögon
lose one's glasses
tappa humöret
lose one's temper
tappa i vattnet i badkaret
draw a bath
tappa blod
lose blood
Han tappade kontrollen över sitt drickande.
He lost control of his drinking.
Hon har tappat förståndet
She has lost her mind

Questions

What does tappa mean in English?

tappa means “drop, draw”.

What is the past tense of tappa?

The past tense of tappa is tappade (“jag tappade”). The supine is tappat, used in “jag har tappat”.

What is the present tense of tappa?

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

Similar words

miste

Origin

From Old Norse tapa (“to lose”).

Nearby common words

tappa is number 707 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

703kära dear
704timma hour
705någonsin ever (at any time)
706sjuk ill, sick
708kraft strength, power
709sju seven
710meddelande message
711tvungen forced

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