Swedish verb

morra

snarl

Meaning

snarl

In Swedish: ge ifrån sig ett brummande hotfullt ljud

Conjugation

Conjugation of morra (snarl)
Infinitive	att morra	to snarl
Present	morrar	jag morrar
Past	morrade	jag morrade
Supine	morrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har morrat	jag har morrat
Past perfect	hade morrat	jag hade morrat
Future	ska morra	or: kommer att morra
Conditional	skulle morra	jag skulle morra
Imperative	morra!	a command
Present participle	morrande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of morra
Infinitive	morras
Present	morras
Past	morrades
Supine	morrats

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 morrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

morra in a sentence

Grr, morrade vargen
Grr, the wolf growled

Questions

What does morra mean in English?

morra means “snarl”.

What is the past tense of morra?

The past tense of morra is morrade (“jag morrade”). The supine is morrat, used in “jag har morrat”.

What is the present tense of morra?

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

Origin

From Old Norse murra, of imitative origin.

Nearby common words

morra is number 9,458 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

9,454förlag publishing house
9,455kanalisera channel
9,456kvist twig
9,457känguru kangaroo
9,459välmående wellbeing, well-off
9,460mystik mystic
9,461karaoke karaoke
9,462koldioxid carbon dioxide

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