What is the past tense of undra in Swedish?

The past tense (preteritum) of undra is undrade, the same for every person: jag undrade, du undrade, vi undrade. Example from our stories: “Han undrade fortfarande vad den var till, men han sa inget.”

What is the supine of undra?

undrat. The supine is used with har and hade to form the perfect: jag har undrat, jag hade undrat.

Is undra a regular verb?

Yes. undra follows group 1 (-ar, -ade): undrar, undrade, undrat.

undra Conjugation: Swedish Verb “wonder”

Form	Swedish	English pattern
Infinitive	att undra	to …
Present	undrar	I …, he …s
Past (preteritum)	undrade	I …ed
Supine (perfect)	har undrat	have …ed
Past perfect	hade undrat	had …ed
Future	ska undra / kommer att undra	will …
Imperative	undra!	… !
Present participle	undrande	…ing

Swedish verbs do not change for person: jag undrar, du undrar, hon undrar, vi undrar, de undrar. Learn one form per tense and you can use it with everyone.

How undra conjugates

Group 1 is the largest and most regular group. The infinitive ends in -a, the present adds -r, the past adds -de and the supine adds -t: tala → talar, talade, talat. New verbs that enter Swedish (googla, chatta) almost always join this group. So undra → undrar, undrade, undrat.

Meanings and examples

Patterns: ngn = någon (someone) · ngt = något (something) · SATS = a clause · VERB = a verb · PLATS = a place · RIKTNING = a direction · TID = a time · SÄTT = a manner · ADJ = an adjective

1 wonder

vill veta något

Pattern ngn undrar SATS · ngn undrar över ngt

jag undrar om du kan hjälpa mig?I wonder if you can help me?
är det något du undrar över?is there anything you are not sure about?
"Är det något ni undrar över?" frågade läraren

Phrases with undra

Swedish builds many meanings by adding a particle (upp, ut, på, om) or a fixed phrase. These are the ones the dictionary lists:

undra på ("det var inte konstigt") (att hon var glad)!no wonder ("it is not surprising") (that she was happy)!
det undrar jagI wonder ("I doubt that")

undra in real stories

Sentences from the Smisli reading library where this verb appears:

"Alla kommer att undra varför fyren är tänd."Mysteriet i Skärgården, episode 5
Musiken slutar och folk börjar undra var Carl är.Midsommarmordet, episode 1
Han undrade fortfarande vad den var till, men han sa inget.Solsken över koloniområdet, episode 3

undra conjugation