Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

rinna

flow, run

Meaning

flow; run

In Swedish: flyta, strömma

Conjugation

Conjugation of rinna (flow)
Infinitive	att rinna	to flow
Present	rinner	jag rinner
Past	rann	jag rann
Supine	runnit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har runnit	jag har runnit
Past perfect	hade runnit	jag hade runnit
Future	ska rinna	or: kommer att rinna
Conditional	skulle rinna	jag skulle rinna
Imperative	rinn!	a command
Present participle	rinnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	runnen	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rinna
Infinitive	rinnas
Present	rinns
Past	ranns
Supine	runnits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use rinner. See the four verb groups explained.

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rinna in a sentence

avloppsvattnet rann ut i havet
the waste water ran into the sea
smältvattnet rinner fort undan
the meltwater soon runs away
Låt musslorna rinna av!
Drain the mussels!
När man öppnar kranen så rinner det vatten
When you open the faucet, water flows
En liten bäck rinner genom skogen
A small stream runs through the forest

Expressions

rinna ut i sanden
come to nothing, fizzle out

Questions

What does rinna mean in English?

rinna means “flow, run”.

What is the past tense of rinna?

The past tense of rinna is rann (“jag rann”). The supine is runnit, used in “jag har runnit”.

What is the present tense of rinna?

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

Similar words

flöda

Origin

From Old Swedish rinna, from Old Norse rinna, from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną.

Nearby common words

rinna is number 3,005 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,001profil profile
3,002singel singles [match], single
3,003dana fashion, shape, form, mould
3,004adoptera adopt
3,006yrke profession, occupation
3,007besluten resolved, determined
3,008karaktär character, characteristic
3,009pension pension

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