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varna

warn

Meaning

warn

In Swedish: uppmana någon att akta sig (för något obehagligt som kan hända)

Conjugation

Conjugation of varna (warn)
Infinitive	att varna	to warn
Present	varnar	jag varnar
Past	varnade	jag varnade
Supine	varnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har varnat	jag har varnat
Past perfect	hade varnat	jag hade varnat
Future	ska varna	or: kommer att varna
Conditional	skulle varna	jag skulle varna
Imperative	varna!	a command
Present participle	varnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	varnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of varna
Infinitive	varnas
Present	varnas
Past	varnades
Supine	varnats

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 varnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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varna in a sentence

varnande röster
warning voices
bilisterna varnades för halka
motorists were warned that the roads could be icy

Questions

What does varna mean in English?

varna means “warn”.

What is the past tense of varna?

The past tense of varna is varnade (“jag varnade”). The supine is varnat, used in “jag har varnat”.

What is the present tense of varna?

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

Similar words

larmavarsko

Origin

From Old Swedish varna, from Old Norse varna, from Proto-Germanic *warnōną.

Nearby common words

varna is number 1,072 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,067värsta worst, An intensifier.
1,068skäl reason; cause, ground(s), motive; argument
1,069behandla treat, handle
1,070ungefär about
1,073förbereda prepare
1,074stjärna star
1,075varenda every
1,076hindra prevent, hinder

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