Swedish verb

upphetsa

to excite, to arouse

Meaning

to excite; to arouse

Conjugation

Conjugation of upphetsa (excite)
Infinitive	att upphetsa	to excite
Present	upphetsar	jag upphetsar
Past	upphetsade	jag upphetsade
Supine	upphetsat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har upphetsat	jag har upphetsat
Past perfect	hade upphetsat	jag hade upphetsat
Future	ska upphetsa	or: kommer att upphetsa
Conditional	skulle upphetsa	jag skulle upphetsa
Imperative	upphetsa!	a command
Present participle	upphetsande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	upphetsad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of upphetsa
Infinitive	upphetsas
Present	upphetsas
Past	upphetsades
Supine	upphetsats

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 upphetsar. See the four verb groups explained.

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upphetsa in a sentence

Elektronen befinner sig i ett upphetsat tillstånd
The electron is in an excited state

Questions

What does upphetsa mean in English?

upphetsa means “to excite, to arouse”.

What is the past tense of upphetsa?

The past tense of upphetsa is upphetsade (“jag upphetsade”). The supine is upphetsat, used in “jag har upphetsat”.

What is the present tense of upphetsa?

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

Origin

upp + hetsa

Nearby common words

upphetsa is number 9,052 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,048designer a designer
9,049olle (thick) sweater
9,050skickligt skilfully
9,051anslag grant, subvention, allowance, appropriation, bill
9,053exempelvis for example
9,054formulera draft, formulate
9,055goding knockout, peach
9,056kliché cliché

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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