Swedish verb

uppröra

shock

Meaning

shock

In Swedish: väcka ilska och stark kritik (hos)

Conjugation

Conjugation of uppröra (shock)
Infinitive	att uppröra	to shock
Present	upprör	jag upprör
Past	upprörde	jag upprörde
Supine	upprört	used after har / hade
Perfect	har upprört	jag har upprört
Past perfect	hade upprört	jag hade upprört
Future	ska uppröra	or: kommer att uppröra
Conditional	skulle uppröra	jag skulle uppröra
Imperative	upprör!	a command
Present participle	upprörande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	upprörd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of uppröra
Infinitive	uppröras
Present	upprörs
Past	upprördes
Supine	upprörts

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 upprör. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise uppröra

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Yesterday I … (uppröra). Which is the past tense?

uppröra in a sentence

många upprördes av våldsscenerna i TV
many were shocked by the violent scenes on TV

Questions

What does uppröra mean in English?

uppröra means “shock”.

What is the past tense of uppröra?

The past tense of uppröra is upprörde (“jag upprörde”). The supine is upprört, used in “jag har upprört”.

What is the present tense of uppröra?

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

Similar words

retaväcka anstöt

Origin

upp + röra.

Nearby common words

uppröra is number 6,866 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,862mesig wimpish
6,863djurpark Zoo, animalpark
6,864härbärge hostel, implication
6,865kroppsdelar body-parts, bodypart
6,867lydde obeyed
6,868dåd crime, exploit
6,869förman foreman, supervisor
6,870kapital grave, utter, all-encompassing; which does not contain a lot of success or correctness

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