måste
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Swedish moste, from Middle Low German moste, past tense of môten, from Old Saxon motan.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmåste (preterite måste, supine måst, no infinitive)
Usage notes
edit- Often used with an implied gå (“walk”), åka (“drive”), följa (“follow”), or the like. See ska, which works identically.
- The form måste is used for both present tense and past tense. Only very rarely is the supine form måst used, and the infinitive måsta exists in a few dialects but is not at all recognized in standard Swedish.
- The meaning of måste together with the negation adverb inte (“not”) differs from the meaning of must together with not in English. While must not means "is not allowed to", måste inte means "does not have to". Must not is chiefly expressed as får inte.
Conjugation
editConjugation of måste (irregular)
Active | Passive | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Infinitive | — | — | ||
Supine | måst | — | ||
Imperative | — | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | — | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | måste | måste | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | måste | måste | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | måste | måste | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | — | |||
Past participle | — | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Noun
editmåste n
- (informal) a must; something that is (ordinarily) mandatory or required, an obligation, a duty
- Jag lägger måstena åt sidan idag
- I'm putting my duties aside today
Declension
editDeclension of måste | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | måste | måstet | måsten | måstena |
Genitive | måstes | måstets | måstens | måstenas |
References
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