Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

ämna

intend, mean

Meaning

intend; mean

In Swedish: ha för avsikt att, avse, tänka

Conjugation

Conjugation of ämna (intend)
Infinitive	att ämna	to intend
Present	ämnar	jag ämnar
Past	ämnade	jag ämnade
Supine	ämnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har ämnat	jag har ämnat
Past perfect	hade ämnat	jag hade ämnat
Future	ska ämna	or: kommer att ämna
Conditional	skulle ämna	jag skulle ämna
Imperative	ämna!	a command
Present participle	ämnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	ämnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of ämna
Infinitive	ämnas
Present	ämnas
Past	ämnades
Supine	ämnats

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 ämnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

ämna in a sentence

regeringen ämnar inte avgå
the government does not intend to resign

Questions

What does ämna mean in English?

ämna means “intend, mean”.

What is the past tense of ämna?

The past tense of ämna is ämnade (“jag ämnade”). The supine is ämnat, used in “jag har ämnat”.

What is the present tense of ämna?

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

Similar words

menaavseska

Origin

From Old Norse efna, from Proto-Germanic *abnijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op-, *h₃ep-.

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ämna is number 4,998 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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5,001erkänt admittedly, recognized as
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