övade

Övade is the past tense form of the Swedish verb öva, meaning to practice, train or rehearse. It indicates that a person or group performed a practice activity in the past. Öva is used across domains such as sports, music, language learning, theatre, and professional training to describe repeated, deliberate effort to improve a skill or prepare for a performance. The present tense is övar; the past tense is övade; the past participle is övat, which appears in perfect constructions like har övat.

In usage, öva can describe activities aimed at skill development or performance readiness. For example, jag övar piano varje kväll (I practice piano every evening); han övade inför konserten (he practiced for the concert); de har övat i flera timmar (they have practiced for several hours). The noun form övning means practice or exercise, and övningspass refers to a practice session.

Öva has cognates in Danish øve and Norwegian øve, and is considered a native Swedish verb. The word is related to concepts of repetition and improvement and is often linked with forms such as repetition, träning and övningar in educational and training contexts.

See also: öva, övning, repetition, träning.