Swedish verb

uppdatera

update

Meaning

update

In Swedish: göra (uppgift) aktuell

Conjugation

Conjugation of uppdatera (update)
Infinitiveatt uppdaterato update
Presentuppdaterarjag uppdaterar
Pastuppdateradejag uppdaterade
Supineuppdateratused after har / hade
Perfecthar uppdateratjag har uppdaterat
Past perfecthade uppdateratjag hade uppdaterat
Futureska uppdateraor: kommer att uppdatera
Conditionalskulle uppdaterajag skulle uppdatera
Imperativeuppdatera!a command
Present participleuppdaterande-ing, used as an adjective
Past participleuppdateradused like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of uppdatera
Infinitiveuppdateras
Presentuppdateras
Pastuppdaterades
Supineuppdaterats

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 uppdaterar. See the four verb groups explained.

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uppdatera in a sentence

  • uppdatera ett register
    update a register

Questions

What does uppdatera mean in English?

uppdatera means “update”.

What is the past tense of uppdatera?

The past tense of uppdatera is uppdaterade (“jag uppdaterade”). The supine is uppdaterat, used in “jag har uppdaterat”.

What is the present tense of uppdatera?

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

Nearby common words

uppdatera is number 5,013 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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