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utnyttja

make use of

Meaning

make use of

In Swedish: dra nytta av, använda

Conjugation

Conjugation of utnyttja (make use of)
Infinitive	att utnyttja	to make use of
Present	utnyttjar	jag utnyttjar
Past	utnyttjade	jag utnyttjade
Supine	utnyttjat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har utnyttjat	jag har utnyttjat
Past perfect	hade utnyttjat	jag hade utnyttjat
Future	ska utnyttja	or: kommer att utnyttja
Conditional	skulle utnyttja	jag skulle utnyttja
Imperative	utnyttja!	a command
Present participle	utnyttjande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	utnyttjad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of utnyttja
Infinitive	utnyttjas
Present	utnyttjas
Past	utnyttjades
Supine	utnyttjats

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 utnyttjar. See the four verb groups explained.

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utnyttja in a sentence

han utnyttjade sin ställning som riksdagsman
he made use of (exploited) his position as a Member of Parliament
utnyttja fritiden till läsning
use (spend) one's leisure time reading
Du borde verkligen utnyttja möjligheten att förlänga avtalet
You should really use the opportunity to extend the agreement
bli utnyttjad av andra
be taken advantage of by others
otillbörligt utnyttja sin ställning
take undue advantage of one's position

Questions

What does utnyttja mean in English?

utnyttja means “make use of”.

What is the past tense of utnyttja?

The past tense of utnyttja is utnyttjade (“jag utnyttjade”). The supine is utnyttjat, used in “jag har utnyttjat”.

What is the present tense of utnyttja?

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

Origin

ut + nyttja

Nearby common words

utnyttja is number 1,292 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,288ej not
1,289stilla calm, quiet
1,290ful ugly, nasty
1,291insåg realized, realised
1,293system system
1,294klient client
1,295fix fix
1,296sade said

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