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våga

dare/²voːɡa/

Meaning

dare

In Swedish: ha mod till (att)

Conjugation

Conjugation of våga (dare)
Infinitive	att våga	to dare
Present	vågar	jag vågar
Past	vågade	jag vågade
Supine	vågat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vågat	jag har vågat
Past perfect	hade vågat	jag hade vågat
Future	ska våga	or: kommer att våga
Conditional	skulle våga	jag skulle våga
Imperative	våga!	a command
Present participle	vågande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vågad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of våga
Infinitive	vågas
Present	vågas
Past	vågades
Supine	vågats

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 vågar. See the four verb groups explained.

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våga in a sentence

jag vågar inte simma på djupt vatten
I dare not swim in deep water
våga sig in i huset
dare to go into the house
våga livet
risk one's life
Jag vågar inte
I don't dare

Questions

What does våga mean in English?

våga means “dare”.

What is the past tense of våga?

The past tense of våga is vågade (“jag vågade”). The supine is vågat, used in “jag har vågat”.

What is the present tense of våga?

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

Similar words

tordastöras

Origin

From Old Swedish vāgha, from Old Norse vága, from Middle Low German wagen.

Nearby common words

våga is number 1,199 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,195stackars poor
1,196väcka wake, arouse
1,197halv half
1,198rymma hold, escape
1,200utom beyond, outside
1,201nöjd satisfied
1,202fälla fell, pass sentence on
1,203förresten by the way (incidentally)

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