utrota
Meaning
exterminate
In Swedish: göra slut på, utplåna
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att utrota | to exterminate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | utrotar | jag utrotar |
| Past | utrotade | jag utrotade |
| Supine | utrotat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har utrotat | jag har utrotat |
| Past perfect | hade utrotat | jag hade utrotat |
| Future | ska utrota | or: kommer att utrota |
| Conditional | skulle utrota | jag skulle utrota |
| Imperative | utrota! | a command |
| Present participle | utrotande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | utrotad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | utrotas |
|---|---|
| Present | utrotas |
| Past | utrotades |
| Supine | utrotats |
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 utrotar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise utrota
1 / 2Yesterday I … (utrota). Which is the past tense?
utrota in a sentence
- folkstammen håller på att utrotasthe tribe is being exterminated
Questions
What does utrota mean in English?
utrota means “exterminate”.
What is the past tense of utrota?
The past tense of utrota is utrotade (“jag utrotade”). The supine is utrotat, used in “jag har utrotat”.
What is the present tense of utrota?
utrotar, the same for every person: jag utrotar, du utrotar, vi utrotar.
Similar words
Origin
From ut + rota, a calque of German ausrotten.
Nearby common words
utrota is number 4,842 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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