vagga
vagga as a verb
Meaning
rock
In Swedish: röra sakta fram och tillbaka
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att vagga | to rock |
|---|---|---|
| Present | vaggar | jag vaggar |
| Past | vaggade | jag vaggade |
| Supine | vaggat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har vaggat | jag har vaggat |
| Past perfect | hade vaggat | jag hade vaggat |
| Future | ska vagga | or: kommer att vagga |
| Conditional | skulle vagga | jag skulle vagga |
| Imperative | vagga! | a command |
| Present participle | vaggande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | vaggad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | vaggas |
|---|---|
| Present | vaggas |
| Past | vaggades |
| Supine | vaggats |
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 vaggar. See the four verb groups explained.
vagga as a noun(en vagga)
Meaning
cradle
In Swedish: säng (som kan gunga) för spädbarn
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en vagga |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | vaggan |
| Plural, indefinite | vaggor |
| Plural, definite | vaggorna |
vagga is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor vagga, den stora vaggan. Check another noun
Practise vagga
1 / 2Yesterday I … (vagga). Which is the past tense?
vagga in a sentence
- vagga barnet till sömnsrock the baby to sleep
- bli vaggad i en vaggabe rocked in a cradle
- Vågorna vaggade oss till sömnsThe waves rocked us to sleep
- Ankan vaggade ivägThe duck waddled away
- vagg, vaggwaddle, waddle [ad hoc deverbal]
- den västerländska kulturens vaggathe cradle of western culture
- från vaggan till gravenfrom the cradle to the grave
- civilisationens vaggathe cradle of civilization
Words built with vagga
- vaggvisa lullaby
- vaggsång lullaby
Questions
What does vagga mean in English?
vagga means “rock”.
Is it en vagga or ett vagga?
It is en vagga, and “the cradle” is vaggan.
What is the plural of vagga?
The plural of vagga is vaggor, and the definite plural is vaggorna.
What is the past tense of vagga?
The past tense of vagga is vaggade (“jag vaggade”). The supine is vaggat, used in “jag har vaggat”.
What is the present tense of vagga?
vaggar, the same for every person: jag vaggar, du vaggar, vi vaggar.
Similar words
Nearby common words
vagga is number 7,141 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,137gengångare a revenant, a ghost (of a dead person, who has returned)
- 7,138anordna organize, arrange
- 7,139förkylning cold
- 7,140gummi rubber, gum
- 7,142vandring walking
- 7,143hyllning celebration
- 7,144charma to charm
- 7,145tegelsten brick (rectangular block of burned clay)
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