gömde

In a sentence

• Han gömde nyckeln under mattan.

  He hid the key under the mat.

  Here, 'gömde' is used as the past tense of the verb 'gömma', which means 'to hide'. It describes a completed action of concealing the key.

• Barnen gömde sig bakom trädet.

  The children hid behind the tree.

  In this sentence, 'gömde sig' is the reflexive form of the verb 'gömma', indicating that the children performed the action of hiding on themselves.

• Hon gömde boken för att ingen skulle hitta den.

  She hid the book so that no one would find it.

  Here, 'gömde' is again in past tense of 'gömma', used to describe the action of hiding the book, with a connotation of safeguarding or concealing it deliberately.