veva
veva as a verb
Meaning
crank
In Swedish: dra med vev
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att veva | to crank |
|---|---|---|
| Present | vevar | jag vevar |
| Past | vevade | jag vevade |
| Supine | vevat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har vevat | jag har vevat |
| Past perfect | hade vevat | jag hade vevat |
| Future | ska veva | or: kommer att veva |
| Conditional | skulle veva | jag skulle veva |
| Imperative | veva! | a command |
| Present participle | vevande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | vevad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | vevas |
|---|---|
| Present | vevas |
| Past | vevades |
| Supine | vevats |
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 vevar. See the four verb groups explained.
veva as a noun(en veva)
Meaning
at around the same time, (often, idomatically) at the same time
In Swedish: sammanhang
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en veva |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | vevan |
veva is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor veva, den stora vevan. Check another noun
Practise veva
1 / 2Yesterday I … (veva). Which is the past tense?
veva in a sentence
- veva ner bilrutanwind down the car window
- veva upp hinken ur brunnenwind up the bucket from the well
- Stå inte där och vevaDon't stand there gesticulating
- i den vevanjust at that moment
- i samma vevaat the same time (moment)
Questions
What does veva mean in English?
veva means “crank”.
Is it en veva or ett veva?
It is en veva, and “the at around the same time” is vevan.
What is the past tense of veva?
The past tense of veva is vevade (“jag vevade”). The supine is vevat, used in “jag har vevat”.
What is the present tense of veva?
vevar, the same for every person: jag vevar, du vevar, vi vevar.
Origin
vev (“crank”) + -a
Nearby common words
veva is number 7,936 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 7,932granskning scrutiny, survey
- 7,933småbit small piece, smithereen
- 7,934mordisk murderous
- 7,935bondgård a farm (group of buildings with associated land intended for agriculture)
- 7,937morötter carrots
- 7,938rabbin rabbi
- 7,939anställning position, situation
- 7,940distans perspective, distance
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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