underskatta
Meaning
underestimate
In Swedish: inte värdera el. beräkna tillräckligt högt
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att underskatta | to underestimate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | underskattar | jag underskattar |
| Past | underskattade | jag underskattade |
| Supine | underskattat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har underskattat | jag har underskattat |
| Past perfect | hade underskattat | jag hade underskattat |
| Future | ska underskatta | or: kommer att underskatta |
| Conditional | skulle underskatta | jag skulle underskatta |
| Imperative | underskatta! | a command |
| Present participle | underskattande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | underskattad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | underskattas |
|---|---|
| Present | underskattas |
| Past | underskattades |
| Supine | underskattats |
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 underskattar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise underskatta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (underskatta). Which is the past tense?
underskatta in a sentence
- hon underskattar sin egen förmågashe underestimates her own ability
Questions
What does underskatta mean in English?
underskatta means “underestimate”.
What is the past tense of underskatta?
The past tense of underskatta is underskattade (“jag underskattade”). The supine is underskattat, used in “jag har underskattat”.
What is the present tense of underskatta?
underskattar, the same for every person: jag underskattar, du underskattar, vi underskattar.
Origin
under + skatta
Nearby common words
underskatta is number 3,977 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 3,973avstå desist from, refrain from
- 3,974klan clan, a clan
- 3,975kid fawn (a young deer)
- 3,976befann found oneself, felt
- 3,978befolkning people, population
- 3,979olyckshändelse accident
- 3,980diska wash up, do the dishes
- 3,981mack filling (petrol, service) station, (gas station (US)); petrol pump, (gas pump (US))
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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