uthärda
Meaning
bear
In Swedish: stå ut med (något påfrestande), tåla
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att uthärda | to bear |
|---|---|---|
| Present | uthärdar | jag uthärdar |
| Past | uthärdade | jag uthärdade |
| Supine | uthärdat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har uthärdat | jag har uthärdat |
| Past perfect | hade uthärdat | jag hade uthärdat |
| Future | ska uthärda | or: kommer att uthärda |
| Conditional | skulle uthärda | jag skulle uthärda |
| Imperative | uthärda! | a command |
| Present participle | uthärdande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | uthärdad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | uthärdas |
|---|---|
| Present | uthärdas |
| Past | uthärdades |
| Supine | uthärdats |
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 uthärdar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise uthärda
1 / 2Yesterday I … (uthärda). Which is the past tense?
uthärda in a sentence
- uthärda smärtabear (endure) pain
Questions
What does uthärda mean in English?
uthärda means “bear”.
What is the past tense of uthärda?
The past tense of uthärda is uthärdade (“jag uthärdade”). The supine is uthärdat, used in “jag har uthärdat”.
What is the present tense of uthärda?
uthärdar, the same for every person: jag uthärdar, du uthärdar, vi uthärdar.
Similar words
Origin
ut + härda
Nearby common words
uthärda is number 7,816 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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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

