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hälla

pour

Meaning

pour

In Swedish: låta (vätska) rinna ur en behållare

Conjugation

Conjugation of hälla (pour)
Infinitive	att hälla	to pour
Present	häller	jag häller
Past	hällde	jag hällde
Supine	hällt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har hällt	jag har hällt
Past perfect	hade hällt	jag hade hällt
Future	ska hälla	or: kommer att hälla
Conditional	skulle hälla	jag skulle hälla
Imperative	häll!	a command
Present participle	hällande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	hälld	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of hälla
Infinitive	hällas
Present	hälls
Past	hälldes
Supine	hällts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use häller. See the four verb groups explained.

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

hälla in a sentence

han hällde upp soppa i tallriken
he poured some soup into the plate
Häll kaffe i koppen!
Pour some coffee into the cup!

Questions

What does hälla mean in English?

hälla means “pour”.

What is the past tense of hälla?

The past tense of hälla is hällde (“jag hällde”). The supine is hällt, used in “jag har hällt”.

What is the present tense of hälla?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish hælla, from Old Norse hella.

Nearby common words

hälla is number 2,723 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,718långsam slow, sluggish
2,719hemifrån from home, away from home
2,721ros rose, praise
2,722anropa call
2,724feta boldface (set or print in boldface)
2,725imponerad impressed
2,726vansinne madness
2,727förråda betray, give away

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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