Swedish verb

tippa

tip [over], forecast, tip

Meaning

tip [over]; forecast; tip

In Swedish: (få att) välta, stjälpa

Conjugation

Conjugation of tippa (tip [over])
Infinitive	att tippa	to tip [over]
Present	tippar	jag tippar
Past	tippade	jag tippade
Supine	tippat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tippat	jag har tippat
Past perfect	hade tippat	jag hade tippat
Future	ska tippa	or: kommer att tippa
Conditional	skulle tippa	jag skulle tippa
Imperative	tippa!	a command
Present participle	tippande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tippad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tippa
Infinitive	tippas
Present	tippas
Past	tippades
Supine	tippats

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 tippar. See the four verb groups explained.

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tippa in a sentence

tippa sopor
dump rubbish
hölasset tippade
the load of hay tipped over
hon tippar varje vecka
she does the pools every week
det tippas att inflationen blir 15 procent nästa år
they are predicting an inflation rate of 15 percent for next year
Jag försöker få den att stå på sidan, men den tippar hela tiden
I'm trying to make it stand on its side, but it keeps tipping over
Vi hann ta oss ur bilen innan den tippade över kanten och föll i vattnet
We managed to get out of the car before it tipped over the edge and fell into the water
Tippa flaket genom att trycka på den här knappen
Tilt the bed by pressing this button
Bonden tippade av gödslet på gödselstacken
The farmer dumped ("tipped off") the manure on the dunghill

Questions

What does tippa mean in English?

tippa means “tip [over], forecast”.

What is the past tense of tippa?

The past tense of tippa is tippade (“jag tippade”). The supine is tippat, used in “jag har tippat”.

What is the present tense of tippa?

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

Similar words

stjälpadumpa

Origin

Uncertain, but possibly related to tipp (“tip, edge”), similar to Danish tippe and English tip (sense 2).

Nearby common words

tippa is number 9,208 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,204guru guru
9,205lagkamrat teammate
9,206ingenvart nowhere
9,207skymma get dark, block [out]
9,209fosterland homeland (the country where one grew up)
9,210slank slipped, slank
9,211ananas pineapple
9,212befara fear

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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