Swedish verb

utstå

endure

Meaning

endure

In Swedish: utsättas för, tåla

Conjugation

Conjugation of utstå (endure)
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)

Passive of utstå
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.

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utstå in a sentence

han fick utstå mycket hån för sin övertygelse
he 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

genomlidauthärdapalla

Origin

ut- + stå

Nearby common words

utstå is number 6,255 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,251försvaga weaken
6,252sjyst alternative form of schysst
6,253klick clique, lump
6,254grill grill
6,256term term
6,257soptunna a larger trash can or garbage can (for household waste)
6,258smärtsam sad, painful
6,259dropp drip, intravenous drip, IV

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