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uttrycka

express, manifest

Meaning

express; manifest

In Swedish: ge uttryck för; formulera

Conjugation

Conjugation of uttrycka (express)
Infinitive	att uttrycka	to express
Present	uttrycker	jag uttrycker
Past	uttryckte	jag uttryckte
Supine	uttryckt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har uttryckt	jag har uttryckt
Past perfect	hade uttryckt	jag hade uttryckt
Future	ska uttrycka	or: kommer att uttrycka
Conditional	skulle uttrycka	jag skulle uttrycka
Imperative	uttryck!	a command
Present participle	uttryckande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	uttryckt	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of uttrycka
Infinitive	uttryckas
Present	uttrycks
Past	uttrycktes
Supine	uttryckts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use uttrycker. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise uttrycka

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

uttrycka in a sentence

uttrycka sig försiktigt
speak with caution
han uttryckte stor förståelse för flyktingarnas situation
he expressed great sympathy for the refugees' plight

Questions

What does uttrycka mean in English?

uttrycka means “express, manifest”.

What is the past tense of uttrycka?

The past tense of uttrycka is uttryckte (“jag uttryckte”). The supine is uttryckt, used in “jag har uttryckt”.

What is the present tense of uttrycka?

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

Origin

ut + trycka

Nearby common words

uttrycka is number 2,743 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,738norra northern; synonym to nordlig, this form is used in definite form and in proper nouns
2,740märr mare
2,741biten bitten, stung (by a bee, wasp or mosquito)
2,742nöja Please
2,744titel title
2,745glo stare, gape
2,746lojalitet loyalty
2,747växel exchange, gear

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