utstå
Meaning
endure
In Swedish: utsättas för, tåla
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att utstå | to endure |
|---|---|---|
| Present | utstår | jag utstår |
| Past | utstod | jag utstod |
| Supine | utstått | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har utstått | jag har utstått |
| Past perfect | hade utstått | jag hade utstått |
| Future | ska utstå | or: kommer att utstå |
| Conditional | skulle utstå | jag skulle utstå |
| Imperative | utstå! | a command |
| Present participle | utstående | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | utstånden | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | utstås |
|---|---|
| Present | utstås |
| Past | utstods |
| Supine | utståtts |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use utstår. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise utstå
1 / 2Yesterday I … (utstå). Which is the past tense?
utstå in a sentence
- han fick utstå mycket hån för sin övertygelsehe had to endure a lot of scorn for his conviction
Questions
What does utstå mean in English?
utstå means “endure”.
What is the past tense of utstå?
The past tense of utstå is utstod (“jag utstod”). The supine is utstått, used in “jag har utstått”.
What is the present tense of utstå?
utstår, the same for every person: jag utstår, du utstår, vi utstår.
Similar words
Origin
ut- + stå
Nearby common words
utstå is number 6,255 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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