Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

samla

collect, gather, assemble; accumulate

Meaning

collect, gather, assemble; accumulate

In Swedish: föra samman (saker) i ett visst syfte

Conjugation

Conjugation of samla (collect)
Infinitive	att samla	to collect
Present	samlar	jag samlar
Past	samlade	jag samlade
Supine	samlat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har samlat	jag har samlat
Past perfect	hade samlat	jag hade samlat
Future	ska samla	or: kommer att samla
Conditional	skulle samla	jag skulle samla
Imperative	samla!	a command
Present participle	samlande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	samlad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of samla
Infinitive	samlas
Present	samlas
Past	samlades
Supine	samlats

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 samlar. See the four verb groups explained.

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samla in a sentence

samla frimärken
collect stamps

Expressions

samla sig
compose yourself

Questions

What does samla mean in English?

samla means “collect, gather, assemble; accumulate”.

What is the past tense of samla?

The past tense of samla is samlade (“jag samlade”). The supine is samlat, used in “jag har samlat”.

What is the present tense of samla?

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

Similar words

inhämtalagra

Origin

From Old Swedish sambla, from Old Norse samna, from Proto-Germanic *samnōną.

Nearby common words

samla is number 1,030 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,026partner partner
1,027gråta cry, weep
1,028farlig risky, dangerous
1,029högt loudly, highly
1,031möjlighet possibility
1,032konstig strange
1,033välkomna welcome
1,034tal speech, number

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