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tömma

empty/²tœma/

Meaning

empty

In Swedish: avlägsna hela innehållet ur (en behållare)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tömma (empty)
Infinitive	att tömma	to empty
Present	tömmer	jag tömmer
Past	tömde	jag tömde
Supine	tömt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har tömt	jag har tömt
Past perfect	hade tömt	jag hade tömt
Future	ska tömma	or: kommer att tömma
Conditional	skulle tömma	jag skulle tömma
Imperative	töm!	a command
Present participle	tömmande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	tömd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of tömma
Infinitive	tömmas
Present	tömms
Past	tömdes
Supine	tömts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use tömmer. See the four verb groups explained.

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tömma in a sentence

tömda bankfack
empty safe deposit boxes

Questions

What does tömma mean in English?

tömma means “empty”.

What is the past tense of tömma?

The past tense of tömma is tömde (“jag tömde”). The supine is tömt, used in “jag har tömt”.

What is the present tense of tömma?

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

Similar words

länsarensa

Origin

From Old Swedish tø̄ma, from Old Norse tœma, from Proto-Germanic *tōmijaną.

Nearby common words

tömma is number 2,493 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,489cirka approximately
2,490klokt cleverly
2,491mötas meet, pass
2,492kram hug
2,494civil civilian, civil
2,495angå concern, have reference to
2,496föreställning performance, conception
2,497kust coast

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