Swedish noun · verb· top 2,000 most common

en blomma

flower, blossom, bloom/blʊ.mːa/

blomma as a noun(en blomma)

Meaning

flower; blossom; bloom

In Swedish: växt, ört

Forms

Forms of blomma
Singular, indefinite	en blomma
Singular, definite	blomman
Plural, indefinite	blommor
Plural, definite	blommorna

blomma is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor blomma, den stora blomman. Check another noun

blomma as a verb

Meaning

flower, bloom, blossom

In Swedish: utveckla blommor, slå ut; visa (utslagna) blommor

Conjugation

Conjugation of blomma (flower)
Infinitive	att blomma	to flower
Present	blommar	jag blommar
Past	blommade	jag blommade
Supine	blommat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har blommat	jag har blommat
Past perfect	hade blommat	jag hade blommat
Future	ska blomma	or: kommer att blomma
Conditional	skulle blomma	jag skulle blomma
Imperative	blomma!	a command
Present participle	blommande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	blommad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of blomma
Infinitive	blommas
Present	blommas
Past	blommades
Supine	blommats

Group 1: -ar verbs. Present -ar, past -ade, supine -at. The largest and most regular group. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use blommar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise blomma

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Is it en blomma or ett blomma?

blomma in a sentence

plocka blommor
pick flowers
fruktträdens blommor
the blossom of the fruit trees
lukta på blommorna
smell the flowers
en bukett blommor / en blombukett
a bouquet of flowers
Anläggningen besöktes av direktören med blomma och barn
The site was visited by the manager with his wife and children
rosorna blommade
the roses were flowering

Words built with blomma

blombukett bouquet, bunch of flowers

Questions

What does blomma mean in English?

blomma means “flower, blossom”.

Is it en blomma or ett blomma?

It is en blomma, and “the flower” is blomman.

What is the plural of blomma?

The plural of blomma is blommor, and the definite plural is blommorna.

What is the past tense of blomma?

The past tense of blomma is blommade (“jag blommade”). The supine is blommat, used in “jag har blommat”.

What is the present tense of blomma?

blommar, the same for every person: jag blommar, du blommar, vi blommar.

Origin

From Old Swedish blōme, from Old Norse blómi, blóm, from Proto-Germanic *blōmô.

Nearby common words

blomma is number 1,160 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,156nyhet news
1,157baby a baby (very young human)
1,158bomb bomb
1,159inge no, nothing (spoken form of inget)
1,161acceptera accept
1,162förstått understood
1,163velat wanted
1,164vanligt usually, common

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