Verb

att riva

to tear

Beginnerverb

Meaning

att riva is the Swedish word for to tear — a verb you meet early when building Swedish vocabulary. Learn it in context with the example below, hear the pronunciation, then lock it into memory by playing it in the free LearnSwedishFast arcade game.

Example

De beslutar att börja nu.

They decide to begin now.

Short, natural learner sentences—meant for memory, not dictionary citations.

Word forms

Common inflected forms of att riva you will see while reading Swedish.

  • riv
  • riva
  • rivade
  • rivar
  • rivat
  • river

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