Swedish verb

skölja

rinse [out], wash/ˈɧœlːˌja/

Meaning

rinse [out]; wash

In Swedish: spola med vatten

Conjugation

Conjugation of skölja (rinse [out])
Infinitive	att skölja	to rinse [out]
Present	sköljer	jag sköljer
Past	sköljde	jag sköljde
Supine	sköljt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har sköljt	jag har sköljt
Past perfect	hade sköljt	jag hade sköljt
Future	ska skölja	or: kommer att skölja
Conditional	skulle skölja	jag skulle skölja
Imperative	skölj!	a command
Present participle	sköljande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	sköljd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skölja
Infinitive	sköljas
Present	sköljs
Past	sköljdes
Supine	sköljts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use sköljer. See the four verb groups explained.

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skölja in a sentence

floden sköljer bort allt i dess väg
the river washes away everything in its path
skölja tvätten noga
rinse your washing thoroughly

Questions

What does skölja mean in English?

skölja means “rinse [out], wash”.

What is the past tense of skölja?

The past tense of skölja is sköljde (“jag sköljde”). The supine is sköljt, used in “jag har sköljt”.

What is the present tense of skölja?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish skylia, from Proto-Germanic *skuljan (alternative form for *skulōn), closely related to Swedish skula.

Nearby common words

skölja is number 5,486 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,482platt flat, trite
5,483anständig respectable, decent
5,484juridik law, jurisprudence
5,485representant representative
5,487irriterad inflamed, irritated
5,488dike ditch, trench
5,489åtanke in mind
5,490synnerhet particularly, particular

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