vänja
Meaning
accustom
In Swedish: göra van, träna
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att vänja | to accustom |
|---|---|---|
| Present | vänjer | jag vänjer |
| Past | vande | jag vande |
| Supine | vant | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har vant | jag har vant |
| Past perfect | hade vant | jag hade vant |
| Future | ska vänja | or: kommer att vänja |
| Conditional | skulle vänja | jag skulle vänja |
| Imperative | vänj! | a command |
| Present participle | vänjande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | vand | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | vänjas |
|---|---|
| Present | vänjs |
| Past | vandes |
| Supine | vants |
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 vänjer. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise vänja
1 / 2Yesterday I … (vänja). Which is the past tense?
vänja in a sentence
- vänja sig vid att leva enkeltget used (become accustomed) to living simply
- Vi försöker vänja hästen vid bettetWe're trying to get the horse used to the bit
- Man vänjer sigYou get used to it
- Han vande sig vid hettanHe got used to the heat
Expressions
- vänja sig av medget out of the habit of
Questions
What does vänja mean in English?
vänja means “accustom”.
What is the past tense of vänja?
The past tense of vänja is vande (“jag vande”). The supine is vant, used in “jag har vant”.
What is the present tense of vänja?
vänjer, the same for every person: jag vänjer, du vänjer, vi vänjer.
Origin
From Old Swedish vænia, from Old Norse venja, from Proto-Germanic *wanjaną.
Nearby common words
vänja is number 2,188 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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