Swedish verb

värva

recruit/²værva/

Meaning

recruit

In Swedish: skaffa folk till krigsmakten

Conjugation

Conjugation of värva (recruit)
Infinitive	att värva	to recruit
Present	värvar	jag värvar
Past	värvade	jag värvade
Supine	värvat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har värvat	jag har värvat
Past perfect	hade värvat	jag hade värvat
Future	ska värva	or: kommer att värva
Conditional	skulle värva	jag skulle värva
Imperative	värva!	a command
Present participle	värvande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	värvad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of värva
Infinitive	värvas
Present	värvas
Past	värvades
Supine	värvats

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 värvar. See the four verb groups explained.

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värva in a sentence

värva medlemmar till förbundet
recruit members to the union
Vi har värvat tre spelare till denna säsong.
We've recruited three players for this season.

Questions

What does värva mean in English?

värva means “recruit”.

What is the past tense of värva?

The past tense of värva is värvade (“jag värvade”). The supine is värvat, used in “jag har värvat”.

What is the present tense of värva?

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

Similar words

rekryteraövertala till medlemskap

Origin

From Old Swedish værva, from Middle Low German werven and Middle High German werben, from Proto-Germanic *hwerbaną.

Nearby common words

värva is number 6,729 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,725genant embarrassing, awkward
6,726kap haul, find
6,727mucka grumble, demob, demobilize
6,728originell eccentric
6,730duktigt in a skilled, clever, good, hard-working, or diligent manner, very, very much, a lot
6,731babord aport, on the left side of a vessel
6,732midja waist
6,733köpcenter mall

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