sätta ihop
Swedish
Verb
sätta ihop (present sätter ihop, preterite satte ihop, supine satt ihop, imperative sätt ihop)
- to put together, to assemble
- sätta ihop en IKEA-stol
- assemble an IKEA chair
- sätta ihop en rapport
- put together a report
Usage notes
As with other phrasal verbs with ihop, the participles can also be written without an initial I as hopsättande (“putting together”) and hopsatt (“put together”), which is considered more proper by some, though both forms are common in the media.
Conjugation
| active | passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | sätta ihop | sättas ihop | ||
| supine | satt ihop | satts ihop | ||
| imperative | sätt ihop | — | ||
| imper. plural1 | sätten ihop | — | ||
| present | past | present | past | |
| indicative | sätter ihop | satte ihop | sätts ihop, sättes ihop | sattes ihop |
| ind. plural1 | sätta ihop | satte ihop | sättas ihop | sattes ihop |
| subjunctive2 | sätte ihop | satte ihop | sättes ihop | sattes ihop |
| present participle | ihopsättande | |||
| past participle | ihopsatt | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.