Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

testa

test

Meaning

test

In Swedish: prova (vetenskapligt) med hjälp av test

Conjugation

Conjugation of testa (test)
Infinitive	att testa	to test
Present	testar	jag testar
Past	testade	jag testade
Supine	testat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har testat	jag har testat
Past perfect	hade testat	jag hade testat
Future	ska testa	or: kommer att testa
Conditional	skulle testa	jag skulle testa
Imperative	testa!	a command
Present participle	testande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	testad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of testa
Infinitive	testas
Present	testas
Past	testades
Supine	testats

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 testar. See the four verb groups explained.

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testa in a sentence

testa sin förmåga
test one's ability
testa fram rätt person för uppgiften
experiment to find the right person for the job

Questions

What does testa mean in English?

testa means “test”.

What is the past tense of testa?

The past tense of testa is testade (“jag testade”). The supine is testat, used in “jag har testat”.

What is the present tense of testa?

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

Similar words

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Nearby common words

testa is number 1,085 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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1,088monster monster
1,089nämna mention

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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