Swedish verb

tillägna

dedicate

Meaning

dedicate

In Swedish: ge (som hyllning), dedicera

Conjugation

Conjugation of tillägna (dedicate)
Infinitive	att tillägna	to dedicate
Present	tillägnar	jag tillägnar
Past	tillägnade	jag tillägnade
Supine	tillägnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tillägnat	jag har tillägnat
Past perfect	hade tillägnat	jag hade tillägnat
Future	ska tillägna	or: kommer att tillägna
Conditional	skulle tillägna	jag skulle tillägna
Imperative	tillägna!	a command
Present participle	tillägnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tillägnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tillägna
Infinitive	tillägnas
Present	tillägnas
Past	tillägnades
Supine	tillägnats

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 tillägnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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tillägna in a sentence

boken tillägnades hennes gamla föräldrar
she dedicated the book to her elderly parents, the book was dedicated to her elderly parents
Denna bok tillägnas min hustru
This book is dedicated to my wife
tillägna sig kunskaper/färdigheter
acquire knowledge/skills
De studerade hur barn tillägnar sig språk
They studied how children acquire language
tillägna sig någons bil under pistolhot
appropriate (take) someone's car at gunpoint

Questions

What does tillägna mean in English?

tillägna means “dedicate”.

What is the past tense of tillägna?

The past tense of tillägna is tillägnade (“jag tillägnade”). The supine is tillägnat, used in “jag har tillägnat”.

What is the present tense of tillägna?

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

Similar words

dedicera

Origin

till + ägna

Nearby common words

tillägna is number 5,636 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,632allan only used in spela allan
5,633pila to dart; to run quickly, to shoot rapidly and energetically along
5,634nedför down along
5,635pluton platoon
5,637intala to tell oneself, to (try to) convince oneself of (something, sometimes through wishful thinking), to convince, to persuade
5,638engagerad engaged
5,639kompensera compensate
5,640omtanke consideration

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