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ägna

spend, devote, be appropriate for (suited to)

Meaning

spend; devote; be appropriate for (suited to)

In Swedish: tilldela

Conjugation

Conjugation of ägna (spend)
Infinitive	att ägna	to spend
Present	ägnar	jag ägnar
Past	ägnade	jag ägnade
Supine	ägnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ägnat	jag har ägnat
Past perfect	hade ägnat	jag hade ägnat
Future	ska ägna	or: kommer att ägna
Conditional	skulle ägna	jag skulle ägna
Imperative	ägna!	a command
Present participle	ägnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ägnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ägna
Infinitive	ägnas
Present	ägnas
Past	ägnades
Supine	ägnats

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 ägnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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ägna in a sentence

ägna tid åt barnen
spend time with the children
TV ägnade några sekunder åt händelsen
the TV devoted a few seconds to (spent a few seconds on) the
hans uppträdande är inte ägnat att skapa förtroende
his behaviour is not appropriate for generating confidence
I somras ägnade vi oss mycket åt fiske
This summer we spent a lot of time fishing
ägna sig åt småbrott
engage in petty crime
Den här kroken ägnar sig för gäddor
This hook is suited for pikes
I somras ägnade vi många timmar åt fiske
This summer we spent many hours fishing [spent many hours towards fishing]
Vi ägnade vår tid åt fiske
We spent our time fishing [spent our time towards fishing]

Questions

What does ägna mean in English?

ägna means “spend, devote”.

What is the past tense of ägna?

The past tense of ägna is ägnade (“jag ägnade”). The supine is ägnat, used in “jag har ägnat”.

What is the present tense of ägna?

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

Origin

From Old Norse eigna, related to eiginn.

Nearby common words

ägna is number 2,430 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,426råda to advise (give advice (to someone)), synonym of bestämma (in the sense of "(get to) decide"), (often) to rule, to reign
2,427icke non-
2,428pinsamt embarrassing
2,429överväga consider, be in the majority
2,431black dun (of a horse), broke (without money)
2,432fullständigt utterly, completely
2,433sällan seldom, rarely
2,434boss boss

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