uppfostra
Meaning
bring up
In Swedish: ge (barn) kunskaper och normer
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att uppfostra | to bring up |
|---|---|---|
| Present | uppfostrar | jag uppfostrar |
| Past | uppfostrade | jag uppfostrade |
| Supine | uppfostrat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har uppfostrat | jag har uppfostrat |
| Past perfect | hade uppfostrat | jag hade uppfostrat |
| Future | ska uppfostra | or: kommer att uppfostra |
| Conditional | skulle uppfostra | jag skulle uppfostra |
| Imperative | uppfostra! | a command |
| Present participle | uppfostrande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | uppfostrad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | uppfostras |
|---|---|
| Present | uppfostras |
| Past | uppfostrades |
| Supine | uppfostrats |
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 uppfostrar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise uppfostra
1 / 2Yesterday I … (uppfostra). Which is the past tense?
uppfostra in a sentence
- uppfostra pojkar och flickor på samma sättbring up (raise) boys in the same way as girls
Questions
What does uppfostra mean in English?
uppfostra means “bring up”.
What is the past tense of uppfostra?
The past tense of uppfostra is uppfostrade (“jag uppfostrade”). The supine is uppfostrat, used in “jag har uppfostrat”.
What is the present tense of uppfostra?
uppfostrar, the same for every person: jag uppfostrar, du uppfostrar, vi uppfostrar.
Origin
From upp + fostra.
Nearby common words
uppfostra is number 2,157 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 2,153skalle head, cranium
- 2,154samvete conscience
- 2,155längst longest, tallest, furthest
- 2,156art species, type
- 2,158medveten aware
- 2,159mänsklighet humanity
- 2,160koncentrera concentrate
- 2,161yta space, area
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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