värma
Meaning
heat; warm
In Swedish: göra varm
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att värma | to heat |
|---|---|---|
| Present | värmer | jag värmer |
| Past | värmde | jag värmde |
| Supine | värmt | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har värmt | jag har värmt |
| Past perfect | hade värmt | jag hade värmt |
| Future | ska värma | or: kommer att värma |
| Conditional | skulle värma | jag skulle värma |
| Imperative | värm! | a command |
| Present participle | värmande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | värmd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | värmas |
|---|---|
| Present | värms |
| Past | värmdes |
| Supine | värmts |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use värmer. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise värma
1 / 2Yesterday I … (värma). Which is the past tense?
värma in a sentence
- han värmde sig vid eldenhe warmed himself by the fire
- värma (upp) ett husheat (warm up) a house
- solen värmerthe sun's nice and hot
- värma maten i mikronheat the food in the microwave
- Solen värmer ossThe sun warms us
- Har ni haft tid att värma upp?Have you had time to get warmed up?
- Tack för komplimangen! Det värmer.Thanks for the compliment! It makes me happy.
Expressions
- värma upp ("göra kroppen beredd") inför en tävlingwarm up ("prepare one's body") before a race
Words built with värma
- värmeslag heat stroke
Questions
What does värma mean in English?
värma means “heat, warm”.
What is the past tense of värma?
The past tense of värma is värmde (“jag värmde”). The supine is värmt, used in “jag har värmt”.
What is the present tense of värma?
värmer, the same for every person: jag värmer, du värmer, vi värmer.
Similar words
upphetta
Origin
From Old Swedish værma, from Old Norse verma, from Proto-Germanic *warmijaną.
Nearby common words
värma is number 2,179 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 2,175mesta most
- 2,176universitet university
- 2,177utreda investigate, analyze
- 2,178sprit alcohol, spirits
- 2,180däck cassette (tape) deck, deck
- 2,181ringled A ring road (UK), beltway (US); a road or highway designed to lead traffic around a town, city, or other conurbation.
- 2,182fylld full, filled
- 2,183otrogen unfaithful
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