Swedish verb

fladdra

flutter, flap, flicker

Meaning

flutter, flap, flicker

In Swedish: röra vingarna snabbt och lätt, flaxa

Conjugation

Conjugation of fladdra (flutter)
Infinitive	att fladdra	to flutter
Present	fladdrar	jag fladdrar
Past	fladdrade	jag fladdrade
Supine	fladdrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har fladdrat	jag har fladdrat
Past perfect	hade fladdrat	jag hade fladdrat
Future	ska fladdra	or: kommer att fladdra
Conditional	skulle fladdra	jag skulle fladdra
Imperative	fladdra!	a command
Present participle	fladdrande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of fladdra
Infinitive	fladdras
Present	fladdras
Past	fladdrades
Supine	fladdrats

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 fladdrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

fladdra in a sentence

gardinen fladdrade
the curtain flapped
en fladdrande låga
a flickering fire

Questions

What does fladdra mean in English?

fladdra means “flutter, flap, flicker”.

What is the past tense of fladdra?

The past tense of fladdra is fladdrade (“jag fladdrade”). The supine is fladdrat, used in “jag har fladdrat”.

What is the present tense of fladdra?

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

Origin

Related to English flounder (“to flap around”), related to several other Germanic words beginning with fl.

Nearby common words

fladdra is number 9,861 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,857skanner scanner, alternative spelling of scanner
9,858munter cheerful
9,859bister harsh, hard
9,860dokumentation documentation
9,862försvåra complicate
9,863måhända maybe
9,864rövare robber
9,865sarga mangle, lacerate

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