tillsätta
Meaning
add; appoint
In Swedish: blanda i (en ny ingrediens)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tillsätta | to add |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tillsätter | jag tillsätter |
| Past | tillsatte | jag tillsatte |
| Supine | tillsatt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tillsatt | jag har tillsatt |
| Past perfect | hade tillsatt | jag hade tillsatt |
| Future | ska tillsätta | or: kommer att tillsätta |
| Conditional | skulle tillsätta | jag skulle tillsätta |
| Imperative | tillsätt! | a command |
| Present participle | tillsättande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tillsatt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tillsättas |
|---|---|
| Present | tillsätts |
| Past | tillsattes |
| Supine | tillsatts |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use tillsätter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tillsätta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tillsätta). Which is the past tense?
tillsätta in a sentence
- tillsätt en deciliter gräddeadd a deciliter of cream
- tillsätta en utredningappoint a commission
- tjänsten är inte tillsattthe post has not been filled yet
Questions
What does tillsätta mean in English?
tillsätta means “add, appoint”.
What is the past tense of tillsätta?
The past tense of tillsätta is tillsatte (“jag tillsatte”). The supine is tillsatt, used in “jag har tillsatt”.
What is the present tense of tillsätta?
tillsätter, the same for every person: jag tillsätter, du tillsätter, vi tillsätter.
Origin
till + sätta
Nearby common words
tillsätta is number 6,564 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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- 6,565utspela kataklysm, to be set, to play out, to take place (of a story that takes place somewhere)
- 6,566tu two
- 6,567uroxe aurochs, Bos primigenius (extinct European mammal), aurochs bull, ox
- 6,568flygel grand piano, wing
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