Swedish verb· top 1,000 most common

killa

tickle

Meaning

tickle

In Swedish: kittla

Conjugation

Conjugation of killa (tickle)
Infinitive	att killa	to tickle
Present	killar	jag killar
Past	killade	jag killade
Supine	killat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har killat	jag har killat
Past perfect	hade killat	jag hade killat
Future	ska killa	or: kommer att killa
Conditional	skulle killa	jag skulle killa
Imperative	killa!	a command
Present participle	killande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	killad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of killa
Infinitive	killas
Present	killas
Past	killades
Supine	killats

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 killar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise killa

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

killa in a sentence

Myggbettet killar
The mosquito bite itches
killa någon under fötterna
tickle someone's feet

Questions

What does killa mean in English?

killa means “tickle”.

What is the past tense of killa?

The past tense of killa is killade (“jag killade”). The supine is killat, used in “jag har killat”.

What is the present tense of killa?

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

Nearby common words

killa is number 502 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

498riktig proper, right
499dags time (to do something)
500alls at all
501bad asked, requested; prayed
503blod blood
504förälder parent
505egen own, odd, peculiar, strange
506lång long, tall

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