Swedish verb

utspela

kataklysm, to be set, to play out, to take place (of a story that takes place somewhere)

Meaning

kataklysm; to be set, to play out, to take place (of a story that takes place somewhere)

Conjugation

Conjugation of utspela (kataklysm)
Infinitive	att utspela	to kataklysm
Present	utspelar	jag utspelar
Past	utspelade	jag utspelade
Supine	utspelat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har utspelat	jag har utspelat
Past perfect	hade utspelat	jag hade utspelat
Future	ska utspela	or: kommer att utspela
Conditional	skulle utspela	jag skulle utspela
Imperative	utspela!	a command
Present participle	utspelande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	utspelad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of utspela
Infinitive	utspelas
Present	utspelas
Past	utspelades
Supine	utspelats

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 utspelar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise utspela

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

utspela in a sentence

romanen utspelar sig/utspelas i Norrköping
the novel is set in Norrköping

Questions

What does utspela mean in English?

utspela means “kataklysm, to be set, to play out, to take place (of a story that takes place somewhere)”.

What is the past tense of utspela?

The past tense of utspela is utspelade (“jag utspelade”). The supine is utspelat, used in “jag har utspelat”.

What is the present tense of utspela?

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

Origin

ut + spela, like German ausspielen

Nearby common words

utspela is number 6,565 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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6,562krage collar
6,563näring nourishment, industry
6,564tillsätta add, appoint
6,566tu two
6,567uroxe aurochs, Bos primigenius (extinct European mammal), aurochs bull, ox
6,568flygel grand piano, wing
6,569frimärke stamp

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary