Swedish verb · noun· top 5,000 most common

yra

whirl, be delirious, rave

yra as a verb

Meaning

whirl; be delirious; rave

In Swedish: virvla runt i luften

Conjugation

Conjugation of yra (whirl)
Infinitive	att yra	to whirl
Present	yrar	jag yrar
Past	yrade	jag yrade
Supine	yrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har yrat	jag har yrat
Past perfect	hade yrat	jag hade yrat
Future	ska yra	or: kommer att yra
Conditional	skulle yra	jag skulle yra
Imperative	yra!	a command
Present participle	yrande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of yra
Infinitive	yras
Present	yras
Past	yrades
Supine	yrats

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 yrar. See the four verb groups explained.

yra as a noun(en yra)

Meaning

frenzy, delirium

Forms

Forms of yra
Singular, indefinite	en yra
Singular, definite	yran

yra is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor yra, den stora yran. Check another noun

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Yesterday I … (yra). Which is the past tense?

yra in a sentence

snön yr
the snow is whirling
han yrade i sömnen
he was babbling in his sleep
Vad yrar du om?
What are you babbling about?

Questions

What does yra mean in English?

yra means “whirl, be delirious”.

Is it en yra or ett yra?

It is en yra, and “the frenzy” is yran.

What is the past tense of yra?

The past tense of yra is yrade (“jag yrade”). The supine is yrat, used in “jag har yrat”.

What is the present tense of yra?

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

Similar words

dilla

Origin

yr + -a, from Old Norse œra.

Nearby common words

yra is number 4,153 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,149angenämt pleasant, plesant
4,150kassaskåp a safe
4,151patrull patrol
4,152ändring change
4,154kommendörkapten a commander (in the navy)
4,155spionera spy
4,156fjol only used in i fjol (“last year”)
4,157såld done for

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