Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

utbilda

educate

Meaning

educate

In Swedish: ge utbildning åt

Conjugation

Conjugation of utbilda (educate)
Infinitive	att utbilda	to educate
Present	utbildar	jag utbildar
Past	utbildade	jag utbildade
Supine	utbildat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har utbildat	jag har utbildat
Past perfect	hade utbildat	jag hade utbildat
Future	ska utbilda	or: kommer att utbilda
Conditional	skulle utbilda	jag skulle utbilda
Imperative	utbilda!	a command
Present participle	utbildande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	utbildad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of utbilda
Infinitive	utbildas
Present	utbildas
Past	utbildades
Supine	utbildats

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 utbildar. See the four verb groups explained.

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utbilda in a sentence

utbildad personal
trained staff
en fullt utbildad tumör
a fully developed tumor
General Electric utbildade en ny snabbströmbrytare för högspänning.
General Electric developed a new high-speed switch for high voltage.
Krönet är 360 m. långt och 14 m. brett samt utbildat till landsväg.
The crest (of the Hoover dam) is 360 metres long and 14 metres wide and utilized as (turned into) a road.
den s. k. oljefilmen, som utbildar sig mellan glidytorna
the so-called oil film, that forms between the interacting surfaces

Questions

What does utbilda mean in English?

utbilda means “educate”.

What is the past tense of utbilda?

The past tense of utbilda is utbildade (“jag utbildade”). The supine is utbildat, used in “jag har utbildat”.

What is the present tense of utbilda?

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

Similar words

lärasprida

Origin

From ut- + bilda.

Nearby common words

utbilda is number 4,194 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,190befalla command, order
4,191rekrytera recruit
4,192knarkare addict
4,193trotsa defy
4,195yxa axe
4,196beslutad decided
4,197nådde reached
4,198marschera march

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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