Swedish verb

tystna

become silent

Meaning

become silent

In Swedish: bli tyst

Conjugation

Conjugation of tystna (become silent)
Infinitive	att tystna	to become silent
Present	tystnar	jag tystnar
Past	tystnade	jag tystnade
Supine	tystnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tystnat	jag har tystnat
Past perfect	hade tystnat	jag hade tystnat
Future	ska tystna	or: kommer att tystna
Conditional	skulle tystna	jag skulle tystna
Imperative	tystna!	a command
Present participle	tystnande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tystna
Infinitive	tystnas
Present	tystnas
Past	tystnades
Supine	tystnats

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 tystnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (tystna). Which is the past tense?

tystna in a sentence

Han tystnade
He fell silent
Sången hade tystnat
The (sound of) singing had stopped

Questions

What does tystna mean in English?

tystna means “become silent”.

What is the past tense of tystna?

The past tense of tystna is tystnade (“jag tystnade”). The supine is tystnat, used in “jag har tystnat”.

What is the present tense of tystna?

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

Origin

tyst + -na

Nearby common words

tystna is number 8,477 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,473glitter glistening, glitter
8,474ledighet time off, easiness of manner
8,475lipa blubber
8,476spridning spread
8,478upplösning resolution
8,479mordbrand arson; the crime of setting fire to something in order to cause damage, a fire started through arson
8,480utforma design
8,481sansa to calm down; to exit from an agitated state

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary