No. 652 in Swedish

kört

"kört" (past participle of "köra"): "driven" or "run."

In a sentence

Jag har kört bil hela dagen.
I have been driving a car all day.
In this sentence, 'kört' is the past participle of the verb 'köra' (to drive), used in the present perfect tense.
Det är redan kört, vi kommer inte hinna.
It's already over, we won't make it.
Here, 'kört' is used in a figurative sense, meaning something is futile or a lost cause.
Hon undrade om jag hade kört henne hem igår kväll.
She wondered if I had driven her home last night.
Again, 'kört' is the past participle of 'köra' (to drive), this time used in the past perfect tense in an indirect question.

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