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vinna

win, gain/²vɪna/

Meaning

win; gain

In Swedish: bli bäst (i en tävling etc), segra

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinna (win)
Infinitive	att vinna	to win
Present	vinner	jag vinner
Past	vann	jag vann
Supine	vunnit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har vunnit	jag har vunnit
Past perfect	hade vunnit	jag hade vunnit
Future	ska vinna	or: kommer att vinna
Conditional	skulle vinna	jag skulle vinna
Imperative	vinn!	a command
Present participle	vinnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	vunnen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of vinna
Infinitive	vinnas
Present	vinns
Past	vanns
Supine	vunnits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use vinner. See the four verb groups explained.

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vinna in a sentence

vi vann över norrmännen
we beat the Norwegians
vinna en match
win a match
vinna ett val
win an election
Vad skulle Sverige vinna på att gå med i EG?
What would Sweden gain by joining the EU?
vinna tid
gain time
vinna gehör
gain a hearing
Vad vinner jag på det?
What's in it for me?

Questions

What does vinna mean in English?

vinna means “win, gain”.

What is the past tense of vinna?

The past tense of vinna is vann (“jag vann”). The supine is vunnit, used in “jag har vunnit”.

What is the present tense of vinna?

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

Similar words

segrabesegrasegrar

Origin

From Old Swedish vinna, from Old Norse vinna, from Proto-Germanic *winnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to strive, wish, desire, love”).

Nearby common words

vinna is number 520 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

516nå reach
517hund dog
518perfekt perfect
519ung young
521kärlek love
522dam lady, madam
523dålig bad, poor
524skull sake

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