darra
Meaning
quaver; quiver; tremble; shiver
In Swedish: skälva, skaka (av köld, ilska, rädsla etc); vibrera
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att darra | to quaver |
|---|---|---|
| Present | darrar | jag darrar |
| Past | darrade | jag darrade |
| Supine | darrat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har darrat | jag har darrat |
| Past perfect | hade darrat | jag hade darrat |
| Future | ska darra | or: kommer att darra |
| Conditional | skulle darra | jag skulle darra |
| Imperative | darra! | a command |
| Present participle | darrande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | darras |
|---|---|
| Present | darras |
| Past | darrades |
| Supine | darrats |
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 darrar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise darra
1 / 2Yesterday I … (darra). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does darra mean in English?
darra means “quaver, quiver”.
What is the past tense of darra?
The past tense of darra is darrade (“jag darrade”). The supine is darrat, used in “jag har darrat”.
What is the present tense of darra?
darrar, the same for every person: jag darrar, du darrar, vi darrar.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish darra, from Old Norse dirre (“to shake”), from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to spring, leap”), see also Ancient Greek θρῴσκω (thrōískō).
Nearby common words
darra is number 5,087 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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