uppfatta
Meaning
understand; catch
In Swedish: förstå, begripa
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att uppfatta | to understand |
|---|---|---|
| Present | uppfattar | jag uppfattar |
| Past | uppfattade | jag uppfattade |
| Supine | uppfattat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har uppfattat | jag har uppfattat |
| Past perfect | hade uppfattat | jag hade uppfattat |
| Future | ska uppfatta | or: kommer att uppfatta |
| Conditional | skulle uppfatta | jag skulle uppfatta |
| Imperative | uppfatta! | a command |
| Present participle | uppfattande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | uppfattad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | uppfattas |
|---|---|
| Present | uppfattas |
| Past | uppfattades |
| Supine | uppfattats |
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 uppfattar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise uppfatta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (uppfatta). Which is the past tense?
uppfatta in a sentence
- jag uppfattade det som kritikI saw it as criticism
- jag uppfattade inte ett ordI didn't catch (hear) a word
Questions
What does uppfatta mean in English?
uppfatta means “understand, catch”.
What is the past tense of uppfatta?
The past tense of uppfatta is uppfattade (“jag uppfattade”). The supine is uppfattat, used in “jag har uppfattat”.
What is the present tense of uppfatta?
uppfattar, the same for every person: jag uppfattar, du uppfattar, vi uppfattar.
Similar words
Origin
From upp + fatta, after German auffassen.
Nearby common words
uppfatta is number 3,524 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 3,520fas phase
- 3,521inflytande incoming, received (money, donations)
- 3,522horn horn, antler
- 3,523lystring listen up, pay attention, attention
- 3,525uppfattning understanding, opinion
- 3,526bidra contribute, make a contribution to
- 3,527stress stress
- 3,528galax galaxy
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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