Swedish verb· top 500 most common

öppna

openAlso the plural of öppen.

Meaning

open

In Swedish: göra öppen

Conjugation

Conjugation of öppna (open)
Infinitiveatt öppnato open
Presentöppnarjag öppnar
Pastöppnadejag öppnade
Supineöppnatused after har / hade
Perfecthar öppnatjag har öppnat
Past perfecthade öppnatjag hade öppnat
Futureska öppnaor: kommer att öppna
Conditionalskulle öppnajag skulle öppna
Imperativeöppna!a command
Present participleöppnande-ing, used as an adjective
Past participleöppnadused like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of öppna
Infinitiveöppnas
Presentöppnas
Pastöppnades
Supineöppnats

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 öppnar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise öppna

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

öppna in a sentence

  • öppna ett paket
    open a packet
  • Öppna dörren!
    Open the door!
  • öppna böckerna på sidan 3
    open your books at page 3
  • affären öppnar kl. 9
    the shop opens at 9 o'clock
  • riksdagens högtidliga öppnande
    the official opening of Parliament
  • öppna ett spel
    start a game
  • öppna en kongress
    open a conference
  • Hon öppnade dörren
    She opened the door

Expressions

  • öppna eld
    open fire

Questions

What does öppna mean in English?

öppna means “open”.

What is the past tense of öppna?

The past tense of öppna is öppnade (“jag öppnade”). The supine is öppnat, used in “jag har öppnat”.

What is the present tense of öppna?

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

Where the course teaches it

Origin

From Old Swedish ypna, øpna, from Old Norse opna, öppen + -a.

Nearby common words

öppna is number 301 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary