värdesätta
Meaning
appreciate
In Swedish: sätta värde på, uppskatta
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att värdesätta | to appreciate |
|---|---|---|
| Present | värdesätter | jag värdesätter |
| Past | värdesatte | jag värdesatte |
| Supine | värdesatt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har värdesatt | jag har värdesatt |
| Past perfect | hade värdesatt | jag hade värdesatt |
| Future | ska värdesätta | or: kommer att värdesätta |
| Conditional | skulle värdesätta | jag skulle värdesätta |
| Imperative | värdesätt! | a command |
| Present participle | värdesättande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | värdesatt | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | värdesättas |
|---|---|
| Present | värdesätts |
| Past | värdesattes |
| Supine | värdesatts |
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 värdesätter. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise värdesätta
1 / 2Yesterday I … (värdesätta). Which is the past tense?
värdesätta in a sentence
- värdesätta sina kollegor högtvalue one's colleagues highly
Questions
What does värdesätta mean in English?
värdesätta means “appreciate”.
What is the past tense of värdesätta?
The past tense of värdesätta is värdesatte (“jag värdesatte”). The supine is värdesatt, used in “jag har värdesatt”.
What is the present tense of värdesätta?
värdesätter, the same for every person: jag värdesätter, du värdesätter, vi värdesätter.
Origin
värde + sätta
Nearby common words
värdesätta is number 6,784 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 6,780blekna fade, turn pale
- 6,781hyresgäst a tenant (one who rents an apartment)
- 6,782trädgårdsmästare a gardener
- 6,783varav of which, of whom
- 6,785registreringsnummer a registration number, a license number (of a motor vehicle)
- 6,786kiss A sound made to attract a cat; "Here, kitty, kitty!"
- 6,787falk falcon, hawk
- 6,788fasad façade, front
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