flå
Meaning
skin; flay; peel
In Swedish: ta av skinnet på (något)
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att flå | to skin |
|---|---|---|
| Present | flår | jag flår |
| Past | flådde | jag flådde |
| Supine | flått | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har flått | jag har flått |
| Past perfect | hade flått | jag hade flått |
| Future | ska flå | or: kommer att flå |
| Conditional | skulle flå | jag skulle flå |
| Imperative | flå! | a command |
| Present participle | flående | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | flådd | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | flås |
|---|---|
| Present | flås |
| Past | flåddes |
| Supine | flåtts |
Group 3: short verbs. The infinitive does not end in -a; present -r, past -dde, supine -tt. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use flår. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise flå
1 / 2Yesterday I … (flå). Which is the past tense?
flå in a sentence
- ålen flåsthe eel is skinned
- du flår på ryggenyour back is peeling
Questions
What does flå mean in English?
flå means “skin, flay”.
What is the past tense of flå?
The past tense of flå is flådde (“jag flådde”). The supine is flått, used in “jag har flått”.
What is the present tense of flå?
flår, the same for every person: jag flår, du flår, vi flår.
Origin
From Old Swedish fla, from Old Norse flá, from Proto-Germanic *flahaną.
Nearby common words
flå is number 6,926 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary