Swedish verb

droppa

drip, add drops

Meaning

drip; add drops

In Swedish: falla i droppar

Conjugation

Conjugation of droppa (drip)
Infinitive	att droppa	to drip
Present	droppar	jag droppar
Past	droppade	jag droppade
Supine	droppat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har droppat	jag har droppat
Past perfect	hade droppat	jag hade droppat
Future	ska droppa	or: kommer att droppa
Conditional	skulle droppa	jag skulle droppa
Imperative	droppa!	a command
Present participle	droppande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	droppad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of droppa
Infinitive	droppas
Present	droppas
Past	droppades
Supine	droppats

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 droppar. See the four verb groups explained.

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Yesterday I … (droppa). Which is the past tense?

droppa in a sentence

det droppar från taket
the ceiling is leaking
droppa lite citron i såsen
add some drops of lemon juice to the sauce

Questions

What does droppa mean in English?

droppa means “drip, add drops”.

What is the past tense of droppa?

The past tense of droppa is droppade (“jag droppade”). The supine is droppat, used in “jag har droppat”.

What is the present tense of droppa?

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

Nearby common words

droppa is number 6,043 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,039hingst stallion
6,040redskap tool
6,041tobak tobacco
6,042mordrotel a police division dealing with cases of homicide; a homicide unit, homicide, etc.
6,044oförskämt rude, impertinent
6,045osannolikt unlikely, improbably
6,046blues blues
6,047frisör barber, hairdresser

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