tvätta
Meaning
wash
In Swedish: rengöra med vatten
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att tvätta | to wash |
|---|---|---|
| Present | tvättar | jag tvättar |
| Past | tvättade | jag tvättade |
| Supine | tvättat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har tvättat | jag har tvättat |
| Past perfect | hade tvättat | jag hade tvättat |
| Future | ska tvätta | or: kommer att tvätta |
| Conditional | skulle tvätta | jag skulle tvätta |
| Imperative | tvätta! | a command |
| Present participle | tvättande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | tvättad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | tvättas |
|---|---|
| Present | tvättas |
| Past | tvättades |
| Supine | tvättats |
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 tvättar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise tvätta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (tvätta). Which is the past tense?
tvätta in a sentence
- tvätta kläderwash clothing
- tvätta sigwash
- Han tvättade klädernaHe washed the clothes
- en tvättmaskina washing machine [Could be seen as deriving from tvätt as well]
- Hon tvättade händernaShe washed her hands
- tvätta altanenwash the deck
- kemtvätta mattandry clean [chem-wash] the carpet
- Katter tvättar sig genom att slicka pälsenCats clean themselves by licking their fur
Questions
What does tvätta mean in English?
tvätta means “wash”.
What is the past tense of tvätta?
The past tense of tvätta is tvättade (“jag tvättade”). The supine is tvättat, used in “jag har tvättat”.
What is the present tense of tvätta?
tvättar, the same for every person: jag tvättar, du tvättar, vi tvättar.
Similar words
tvagavaskalögabyka
Where the course teaches it
Origin
From Old Norse þváttr, from Proto-Germanic *þwahtuz, from the root of the verb þvá.
Nearby common words
tvätta is number 1,238 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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

