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tveka

hesitate

Meaning

hesitate

In Swedish: ha svårt att bestämma sig för ett av flera alternativ

Conjugation

Conjugation of tveka (hesitate)
Infinitive	att tveka	to hesitate
Present	tvekar	jag tvekar
Past	tvekade	jag tvekade
Supine	tvekat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tvekat	jag har tvekat
Past perfect	hade tvekat	jag hade tvekat
Future	ska tveka	or: kommer att tveka
Conditional	skulle tveka	jag skulle tveka
Imperative	tveka!	a command
Present participle	tvekande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tveka
Infinitive	tvekas
Present	tvekas
Past	tvekades
Supine	tvekats

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 tvekar. See the four verb groups explained.

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tveka in a sentence

han hoppade i vattnet utan att tveka
he jumped into the water without hesitating
Tveka inte! Hoppa!
Don't hesitate! Jump!
Ingen ska behöva tveka om att det var rätt beslut.
No one should have to doubt that it was the right decision.

Questions

What does tveka mean in English?

tveka means “hesitate”.

What is the past tense of tveka?

The past tense of tveka is tvekade (“jag tvekade”). The supine is tvekat, used in “jag har tvekat”.

What is the present tense of tveka?

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

Similar words

hesiteravela

Origin

From Old Swedish tveka, tvæka, tvika, equivalent to tve- + -ka.

Nearby common words

tveka is number 2,845 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,841stolthet pride
2,842bal bundle, bale
2,843spänn krona coin
2,844anonym anonymous
2,846upplevelse experience
2,847utvald selected, chosen
2,848officer officer
2,849sorgligt sad, sadly

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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