Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

upphöra

stop, end, halt, cease

Meaning

stop; end; halt; cease

In Swedish: sluta

Conjugation

Conjugation of upphöra (stop)
Infinitive	att upphöra	to stop
Present	upphör	jag upphör
Past	upphörde	jag upphörde
Supine	upphört	used after har / hade
Perfect	har upphört	jag har upphört
Past perfect	hade upphört	jag hade upphört
Future	ska upphöra	or: kommer att upphöra
Conditional	skulle upphöra	jag skulle upphöra
Imperative	upphör!	a command
Present participle	upphörande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	upphörd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of upphöra
Infinitive	upphöras
Present	upphörs
Past	upphördes
Supine	upphörts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use upphör. See the four verb groups explained.

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upphöra in a sentence

verksamheten har upphört
the business has closed down
Eld upphör!
Cease fire!
Ljudet upphörde
The sound stopped

Questions

What does upphöra mean in English?

upphöra means “stop, end”.

What is the past tense of upphöra?

The past tense of upphöra is upphörde (“jag upphörde”). The supine is upphört, used in “jag har upphört”.

What is the present tense of upphöra?

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

Similar words

slutaupplösaslutstänga

Origin

upp + höra

Nearby common words

upphöra is number 2,550 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,546tränare coach, trainer
2,547island Iceland
2,548norrut towards the north, northwards
2,549gräla quarrel, scold
2,551plånbok a wallet (a flat case, often made of leather, for keeping money)
2,552krama hug, squeeze
2,553utsikt view, forecast
2,554verksamhet activity

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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