Swedish verb

krylla

be crawling

Meaning

be crawling

In Swedish: myllra

Conjugation

Conjugation of krylla (be crawling)
Infinitive	att krylla	to be crawling
Present	kryllar	jag kryllar
Past	kryllade	jag kryllade
Supine	kryllat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har kryllat	jag har kryllat
Past perfect	hade kryllat	jag hade kryllat
Future	ska krylla	or: kommer att krylla
Conditional	skulle krylla	jag skulle krylla
Imperative	krylla!	a command
Present participle	kryllande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of krylla
Infinitive	kryllas
Present	kryllas
Past	kryllades
Supine	kryllats

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 kryllar. See the four verb groups explained.

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krylla in a sentence

det kryllar av kackerlackor hemma
my home is crawling with cockroaches
Det kryllar av råttor härinne.
It's teeming with rats in here.

Questions

What does krylla mean in English?

krylla means “be crawling”.

What is the past tense of krylla?

The past tense of krylla is kryllade (“jag kryllade”). The supine is kryllat, used in “jag har kryllat”.

What is the present tense of krylla?

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

Similar words

vimla

Origin

Onomatopoeic.

Nearby common words

krylla is number 5,401 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,397dagligen daily
5,398repetition repetition, repeat
5,399känslosam emotional (expressing or prone to strong emotions)
5,400daglig everyday
5,402listig cunning
5,403visdom wisdom
5,404slit drudgery, toil
5,405sked spoon, spoonful

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