Swedish verb

vädja

appeal

Meaning

appeal

In Swedish: överlämna sitt fall (till högre instans) för avgörande

Conjugation

Conjugation of vädja (appeal)
Infinitive	att vädja	to appeal
Present	vädjar	jag vädjar
Past	vädjade	jag vädjade
Supine	vädjat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vädjat	jag har vädjat
Past perfect	hade vädjat	jag hade vädjat
Future	ska vädja	or: kommer att vädja
Conditional	skulle vädja	jag skulle vädja
Imperative	vädja!	a command
Present participle	vädjande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vädja
Infinitive	vädjas
Present	vädjas
Past	vädjades
Supine	vädjats

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 vädjar. See the four verb groups explained.

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vädja in a sentence

vädja till folks känslor
appeal to people's feelings
vädja till högre rätt
appeal to a higher court
Han vädjade till restaurangen att inte ändra kebabsåsreceptet
He pleaded to the restaurant to not change the kebab sauce recipe

Questions

What does vädja mean in English?

vädja means “appeal”.

What is the past tense of vädja?

The past tense of vädja is vädjade (“jag vädjade”). The supine is vädjat, used in “jag har vädjat”.

What is the present tense of vädja?

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

Similar words

bönfallabe

Origin

From Old Swedish væþia, from Old Norse veðja, from Proto-Germanic *wadjōną.

Nearby common words

vädja is number 6,897 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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6,894entusiastisk enthusiastic
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6,899förfalskning forgery, falsification
6,900förkläde chaperon, apron
6,901horisont skyline, horizon

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