undvika
Meaning
avoid
In Swedish: (med avsikt) hålla sig borta från, avhålla sig från
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att undvika | to avoid |
|---|---|---|
| Present | undviker | jag undviker |
| Past | undvek | jag undvek |
| Supine | undvikit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har undvikit | jag har undvikit |
| Past perfect | hade undvikit | jag hade undvikit |
| Future | ska undvika | or: kommer att undvika |
| Conditional | skulle undvika | jag skulle undvika |
| Imperative | undvik! | a command |
| Present participle | undvikande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | undviken | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | undvikas |
|---|---|
| Present | undviks |
| Past | undveks |
| Supine | undvikits |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use undviker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise undvika
1 / 2Yesterday I … (undvika). Which is the past tense?
undvika in a sentence
- undvika öppen stridavoid an open conflict
- undvika att äta fiskavoid eating fish
Questions
What does undvika mean in English?
undvika means “avoid”.
What is the past tense of undvika?
The past tense of undvika is undvek (“jag undvek”). The supine is undvikit, used in “jag har undvikit”.
What is the present tense of undvika?
undviker, the same for every person: jag undviker, du undviker, vi undviker.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish untvika, from Middle Low German untwiken, entwiken, equivalent to und- + vika.
Nearby common words
undvika is number 1,140 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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