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rulla

roll

rulla as a verb

Meaning

roll

In Swedish: förflyttas genom att rotera

Conjugation

Conjugation of rulla (roll)
Infinitive	att rulla	to roll
Present	rullar	jag rullar
Past	rullade	jag rullade
Supine	rullat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har rullat	jag har rullat
Past perfect	hade rullat	jag hade rullat
Future	ska rulla	or: kommer att rulla
Conditional	skulle rulla	jag skulle rulla
Imperative	rulla!	a command
Present participle	rullande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	rullad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of rulla
Infinitive	rullas
Present	rullas
Past	rullades
Supine	rullats

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 rullar. See the four verb groups explained.

rulla as a noun(en rulla)

Meaning

roll; an official or public document; a register; a record

Forms

Forms of rulla
Singular, indefinite	en rulla
Singular, definite	rullan
Plural, indefinite	rullor
Plural, definite	rullorna

rulla is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor rulla, den stora rullan. Check another noun

Practise rulla

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

rulla in a sentence

barnen rullade runt i gräset
the children rolled about in the grass
bollen rullade ut på gatan
the ball rolled into the street
hjulen rullar
the wheels are rolling
vi rullade stenen ner i havet
we rolled the stone down into the sea
rulla ihop mattan
roll up the carpet
genom att använda rullningslisten kan man rulla texten till slutet av dokumentet
by using the scroll bar, it is possible to scroll to the end of a document
Han rullade kulan mot den andra kulan
He rolled the marble towards the other marble
Rullande vågor
Rolling waves

Expressions

rullande planering
rolling (overlapping) planning

Questions

What does rulla mean in English?

rulla means “roll”.

Is it en rulla or ett rulla?

It is en rulla, and “the roll” is rullan.

What is the plural of rulla?

The plural of rulla is rullor, and the definite plural is rullorna.

What is the past tense of rulla?

The past tense of rulla is rullade (“jag rullade”). The supine is rullat, used in “jag har rullat”.

What is the present tense of rulla?

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

Similar words

fungera

Origin

From Old Swedish rolla, from Old French roeler.

Nearby common words

rulla is number 1,980 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,976evighet eternity
1,977linda wind, wrap
1,978mars March
1,979pröva try (out)
1,982bilderna the pictures, pictures
1,983desperat desperate
1,984kanon cannon
1,985dyr expensive, dear

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