tumma
Meaning
finger; thumb
In Swedish: känna på (med fingrarna)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tumma | to finger |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tummar | jag tummar |
| Past | tummade | jag tummade |
| Supine | tummat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tummat | jag har tummat |
| Past perfect | hade tummat | jag hade tummat |
| Future | ska tumma | or: kommer att tumma |
| Conditional | skulle tumma | jag skulle tumma |
| Imperative | tumma! | a command |
| Present participle | tummande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tummad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tummas |
|---|---|
| Present | tummas |
| Past | tummades |
| Supine | tummats |
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 tummar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tumma
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tumma). Which is the past tense?
tumma in a sentence
- tumma på reglernabend the rules
- Vi tummade på detWe shook on it
- De tummade på säkerhetenThey compromised / skimped on security
Questions
What does tumma mean in English?
tumma means “finger, thumb”.
What is the past tense of tumma?
The past tense of tumma is tummade (“jag tummade”). The supine is tummat, used in “jag har tummat”.
What is the present tense of tumma?
tummar, the same for every person: jag tummar, du tummar, vi tummar.
Origin
tumme (“thumb”) + -a
Nearby common words
tumma is number 7,748 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,744mutera to mutate
- 7,745ärkebiskop an archbishop
- 7,746konstgjord artificial, synthetic
- 7,747beundrad admired
- 7,749löss lice
- 7,750upprörande shocking
- 7,751utrustad equipped
- 7,752klant blockhead, clot
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