Swedish verb· top 500 most common

väga

weigh

Meaning

weigh

In Swedish: mäta vikten på

Conjugation

Conjugation of väga (weigh)
Infinitive	att väga	to weigh
Present	väger	jag väger
Past	vägde	jag vägde
Supine	vägt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vägt	jag har vägt
Past perfect	hade vägt	jag hade vägt
Future	ska väga	or: kommer att väga
Conditional	skulle väga	jag skulle väga
Imperative	väg!	a command
Present participle	vägande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vägd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of väga
Infinitive	vägas
Present	vägs
Past	vägdes
Supine	vägts

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 väger. See the four verb groups explained.

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väga in a sentence

väga mjöl
weigh flour
hans ord väger tungt
his words carry great weight
Hur mycket väger du?
How much do you weigh?
vägande skäl
important reasons
det står och väger mellan de två partierna
it's in the balance between the two parties
Tomas väger 75 kg.
Tomas weighs 75 kg.
Han vägde på stolen.
He rocked on the chair.

Questions

What does väga mean in English?

väga means “weigh”.

What is the past tense of väga?

The past tense of väga is vägde (“jag vägde”). The supine is vägt, used in “jag har vägt”.

What is the present tense of väga?

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

Similar words

vikta

Origin

From Old Swedish vægha, from Old Norse vega (compare Icelandic vega), from Proto-Germanic *weganą, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Nearby common words

väga is number 474 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

470trevligt nicely, pleasantly
471tio ten
472lever liver
473herre lord, master
475gott good, well, good
476ihåg remember
477ben leg, bone
478bäst best

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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