ösa
Meaning
pour
In Swedish: flytta vätska från en behållare till en annan
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att ösa | to pour |
|---|---|---|
| Present | öser | jag öser |
| Past | öste | jag öste |
| Supine | öst | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har öst | jag har öst |
| Past perfect | hade öst | jag hade öst |
| Future | ska ösa | or: kommer att ösa |
| Conditional | skulle ösa | jag skulle ösa |
| Imperative | ös! | a command |
| Present participle | ösande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | öst | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | ösas |
|---|---|
| Present | öses |
| Past | östes |
| Supine | östs |
Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use öser. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise ösa
1 / 2Yesterday I … (ösa). Which is the past tense?
ösa in a sentence
- ösa socker över yoghurtenpour (heap) sugar on to yoghurt
- ösa en båtbale a boat
- regnet öser nerit is pouring with rain
- Kocken öste upp soppan åt varje gäst.The cook poured the soup for each guest.
- Regnet öser ner.The rain is pouring down.
Questions
What does ösa mean in English?
ösa means “pour”.
What is the past tense of ösa?
The past tense of ösa is öste (“jag öste”). The supine is öst, used in “jag har öst”.
What is the present tense of ösa?
öser, the same for every person: jag öser, du öser, vi öser.
Origin
From Old Swedish ø̄sa, from Old Norse ausa, from Proto-Germanic *ausaną.
Nearby common words
ösa is number 8,230 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 8,226villkora condition (attach conditions to something)
- 8,227nationalgarde a national guard ((defensive) military (reserve) force (sometimes with other duties))
- 8,228framförallt especially, above all (of prime importance)
- 8,229töntigt dorkily, sillily
- 8,231förbud ban, prohibition
- 8,232grus gravel
- 8,233katalog catalogue, (catalog (US))
- 8,234prydlig neat
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary