se ut

Swedish

Verb

se ut (present ser ut, preterite såg ut, supine sett ut, imperative se ut)

1. (intransitive) to look, to appear, to seem

   Du ser ledsen ut. Går det bra?

   You seem sad. Are you alright?

   Du ser ut som Michael Jackson

   You look like Michael Jackson

2. (transitive) to pick, to choose for future acquiring; to decide upon an item to buy later

   Vi har sett ut ett hus som vi vill köpa, om vi har råd.

   We have decided on a house that we'd like to buy, if we can afford it.

Declension

Conjugation of se (class 5 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	se ut		ses ut
Supine	sett ut		setts ut
Imperative	se ut		—
Imper. plural1	sen ut		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ser ut	såg ut	ses ut	sågs ut
Ind. plural1	se ut	sågo ut	ses ut	sågos ut
Subjunctive2	se ut	såge ut	ses ut	såges ut
	Participles
Present participle	utseende
Past participle	utsedd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• lik
• likna
• utse

Further reading

• se ut in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• utse