falla
Meaning
fall
In Swedish: ramla (ner), trilla
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att falla | to fall |
|---|---|---|
| Present | faller | jag faller |
| Past | föll | jag föll |
| Supine | fallit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har fallit | jag har fallit |
| Past perfect | hade fallit | jag hade fallit |
| Future | ska falla | or: kommer att falla |
| Conditional | skulle falla | jag skulle falla |
| Imperative | fall! | a command |
| Present participle | fallande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | fallen | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | fallas |
|---|---|
| Present | falls |
| Past | fölls |
| Supine | fallits |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use faller. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise falla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (falla). Which is the past tense?
falla in a sentence
- falla i gatanfall down in the street
- falla omkullfall over
- falla framstupafall prostrate
- snön fallersnow is falling
- temperaturen föll kraftigt under nattenthere was a sharp drop in temperature during the night
- falla i stridfall in battle
- han föll för hennes vitalitethe fell for her vitality
- falla genom luftenfall through the air
Expressions
- det faller mig inte init doesn't suit me
- falla i gråtburst into tears
Questions
What does falla mean in English?
falla means “fall”.
What is the past tense of falla?
The past tense of falla is föll (“jag föll”). The supine is fallit, used in “jag har fallit”.
What is the present tense of falla?
faller, the same for every person: jag faller, du faller, vi faller.
Similar words
Origin
From Old Swedish falla, from Old Norse falla, from Proto-Germanic *fallaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂p-h₃elh₁-.
Nearby common words
falla is number 914 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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