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undra

wonder

Meaning

wonder

In Swedish: vilja veta (något)

Conjugation

Conjugation of undra (wonder)
Infinitive	att undra	to wonder
Present	undrar	jag undrar
Past	undrade	jag undrade
Supine	undrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har undrat	jag har undrat
Past perfect	hade undrat	jag hade undrat
Future	ska undra	or: kommer att undra
Conditional	skulle undra	jag skulle undra
Imperative	undra!	a command
Present participle	undrande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of undra
Infinitive	undras
Present	undras
Past	undrades
Supine	undrats

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 undrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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undra in a sentence

Jag undrar om du kan hjälpa mig?
I wonder if you can help me?
Är det något du undrar över?
Is there anything you are not sure about?

Expressions

det undrar jag
I wonder
undra på ("det var inte konstigt") (att hon var glad)!
no wonder ("it is not surprising") (that she was happy)!

Questions

What does undra mean in English?

undra means “wonder”.

What is the past tense of undra?

The past tense of undra is undrade (“jag undrade”). The supine is undrat, used in “jag har undrat”.

What is the present tense of undra?

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

Origin

under + -a, from Old Norse undra.

Nearby common words

undra is number 496 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

492förklara explain, declare
493tyst quiet, silent
494mannen man (usually friendly term of address)
495fungera function, work
497krig war
498riktig proper, right
499dags time (to do something)
500alls at all

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