underrätta
Meaning
inform
In Swedish: tala om för, meddela
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att underrätta | to inform |
|---|---|---|
| Present | underrättar | jag underrättar |
| Past | underrättade | jag underrättade |
| Supine | underrättat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har underrättat | jag har underrättat |
| Past perfect | hade underrättat | jag hade underrättat |
| Future | ska underrätta | or: kommer att underrätta |
| Conditional | skulle underrätta | jag skulle underrätta |
| Imperative | underrätta! | a command |
| Present participle | underrättande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | underrättad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | underrättas |
|---|---|
| Present | underrättas |
| Past | underrättades |
| Supine | underrättats |
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 underrättar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise underrätta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (underrätta). Which is the past tense?
underrätta in a sentence
- regeringen är underrättad om händelsernathe Government has been informed of the events
- underrätta poliseninform the police
Questions
What does underrätta mean in English?
underrätta means “inform”.
What is the past tense of underrätta?
The past tense of underrätta is underrättade (“jag underrättade”). The supine is underrättat, used in “jag har underrättat”.
What is the present tense of underrätta?
underrättar, the same for every person: jag underrättar, du underrättar, vi underrättar.
Similar words
Origin
under + rätta, like German unterrichten
Nearby common words
underrätta is number 5,140 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 5,136överföring Transfer, transmission
- 5,137ratt steering wheel
- 5,138fördela divide
- 5,139bevismaterial evidence, evidentiary material
- 5,141återlämna to return
- 5,142muntra only used in uppmuntra and muntra upp
- 5,143lata See lata sig (“be lazy”).
- 5,144befogenhet right, authority
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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