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flamma

blaze

flamma as a verb

Meaning

blaze

In Swedish: brinna med flammor

Conjugation

Conjugation of flamma (blaze)
Infinitive	att flamma	to blaze
Present	flammar	jag flammar
Past	flammade	jag flammade
Supine	flammat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har flammat	jag har flammat
Past perfect	hade flammat	jag hade flammat
Future	ska flamma	or: kommer att flamma
Conditional	skulle flamma	jag skulle flamma
Imperative	flamma!	a command
Present participle	flammande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of flamma
Infinitive	flammas
Present	flammas
Past	flammades
Supine	flammats

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 flammar. See the four verb groups explained.

flamma as a noun(en flamma)

Meaning

flame

In Swedish: eldslåga

Forms

Forms of flamma
Singular, indefinite	en flamma
Singular, definite	flamman
Plural, indefinite	flammor
Plural, definite	flammorna

flamma is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor flamma, den stora flamman. Check another noun

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flamma in a sentence

ett flammande tal
a passionate speech
elden flammar
the fire is blazing

Questions

What does flamma mean in English?

flamma means “blaze”.

Is it en flamma or ett flamma?

It is en flamma, and “the flame” is flamman.

What is the plural of flamma?

The plural of flamma is flammor, and the definite plural is flammorna.

What is the past tense of flamma?

The past tense of flamma is flammade (“jag flammade”). The supine is flammat, used in “jag har flammat”.

What is the present tense of flamma?

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

Similar words

lysalåga

Origin

From Old French flame.

Nearby common words

flamma is number 4,866 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,862nötter nuts
4,863genial brilliant
4,864spioner spyes, spys
4,865tjenare hello, alternative form of tjänare (“hey, yo”)
4,867inspiration inspiration
4,868gray gray (SI unit of absorbed radiation)
4,869ingripa intervene, step in
4,870auktion auction

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