Swedish verb

värna

protect

Meaning

protect

In Swedish: skydda, försvara

Conjugation

Conjugation of värna (protect)
Infinitive	att värna	to protect
Present	värnar	jag värnar
Past	värnade	jag värnade
Supine	värnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har värnat	jag har värnat
Past perfect	hade värnat	jag hade värnat
Future	ska värna	or: kommer att värna
Conditional	skulle värna	jag skulle värna
Imperative	värna!	a command
Present participle	värnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	värnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of värna
Infinitive	värnas
Present	värnas
Past	värnades
Supine	värnats

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 värnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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värna in a sentence

värna om det fria ordet
protect (defend, safeguard) free speech

Expressions

värna om
defend, protect, (safe)guard

Questions

What does värna mean in English?

värna means “protect”.

What is the past tense of värna?

The past tense of värna is värnade (“jag värnade”). The supine is värnat, used in “jag har värnat”.

What is the present tense of värna?

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

Similar words

skyddaakta

Origin

From Old Norse verna, värn + -a.

Nearby common words

värna is number 8,197 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

8,193kartlägga map [out], survey
8,194lava lava
8,195tvång coercion
8,196vital vigorous, vital
8,198alltmer more and more, moreover
8,199mobilnummer cell phone number
8,200stämpel stamp
8,201forte forte (passage to be played loudly)

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