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Städade is the past tense form of the Swedish verb städa, meaning to clean or tidy. It is used to describe an action completed in the past and is common in everyday speech and writing. For example, "Hon städade rummet igår" translates to "She cleaned the room yesterday."

In the standard Swedish verb system, städa is a first-conjugation verb. Its present tense is städar, the infinitive is städa, and the past tense is städade. The supine form, used to form perfect and pluperfect tenses with hjälpverbet har/hade, is städat (for example, "hon har städat huset" – she has cleaned the house). The imperative is "städa!". Past tenses can be formed with auxiliary verbs, such as "har städat" and "hade städat." The past participle städat is a common form in compound tenses.

Städade is also used in compound constructions indicating repetition or duration in narrative. Phrases like "städade undan allt" (cleaned everything up) clarify the scope of the cleaning action. The word can be paired with prepositions to describe locations: städade huset, städade i köket, städade upp efter festen.

As a separate word, städad is an adjective meaning tidy or cleaned, as in "en städad bostad" (a tidy residence). The term reflects Swedish housekeeping vocabulary and is widely understood across regions.