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undersöka

examine

Meaning

examine

In Swedish: noggrant granska något för att få fram fakta

Conjugation

Conjugation of undersöka (examine)
Infinitive	att undersöka	to examine
Present	undersöker	jag undersöker
Past	undersökte	jag undersökte
Supine	undersökt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har undersökt	jag har undersökt
Past perfect	hade undersökt	jag hade undersökt
Future	ska undersöka	or: kommer att undersöka
Conditional	skulle undersöka	jag skulle undersöka
Imperative	undersök!	a command
Present participle	undersökande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	undersökt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of undersöka
Infinitive	undersökas
Present	undersöks
Past	undersöktes
Supine	undersökts

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 undersöker. See the four verb groups explained.

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undersöka in a sentence

undersöka en patient
examine a patient
undersöka om påståendet är sant
investigate whether or not the statement is true

Questions

What does undersöka mean in English?

undersöka means “examine”.

What is the past tense of undersöka?

The past tense of undersöka is undersökte (“jag undersökte”). The supine is undersökt, used in “jag har undersökt”.

What is the present tense of undersöka?

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

Origin

under + söka

Nearby common words

undersöka is number 1,335 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,331engelska English
1,332högre higher, taller
1,333påverka influence, affect
1,334djupt deep, deeply
1,336strunta not bother about
1,337knä knee
1,338blå blue
1,339radio radio

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