Swedish verb· top 5,000 most common

skalla

clang, ring, blast; resound, head

Meaning

clang, ring, blast; resound; head

In Swedish: ljuda starkt och ekande

Conjugation

Conjugation of skalla (clang)
Infinitive	att skalla	to clang
Present	skallar	jag skallar
Past	skallade	jag skallade
Supine	skallat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skallat	jag har skallat
Past perfect	hade skallat	jag hade skallat
Future	ska skalla	or: kommer att skalla
Conditional	skulle skalla	jag skulle skalla
Imperative	skalla!	a command
Present participle	skallande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	skallad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of skalla
Infinitive	skallas
Present	skallas
Past	skallades
Supine	skallats

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 skallar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise skalla

1 / 2

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

skalla in a sentence

hurraropen skallade
the cheers resounded
han kom i slagsmål och blev skallad i ansiktet
he got into a fight and was headbutted in the face

Questions

What does skalla mean in English?

skalla means “clang, ring, blast; resound, head”.

What is the past tense of skalla?

The past tense of skalla is skallade (“jag skallade”). The supine is skallat, used in “jag har skallat”.

What is the present tense of skalla?

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

Origin

By surface analysis, skall + -a.

Nearby common words

skalla is number 3,312 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,308lösenord password, watchword
3,309tempel temple, tempel
3,310besvära bother, trouble
3,311handduk a towel (cloth for drying)
3,313suverän supreme, superb
3,314våt wet
3,315spana be on the look-out (for), search (for)
3,316paketet package

Start today, free

Learn skalla in real Swedish, free

Words stick when you hear them used. Complete Swedish Season 1 is 49 short video lessons with a synced transcript, free on the site with no account. A free account saves words like skalla to your library and quizzes you on them, plus 7 days of the AI tutor and speaking practice when you confirm your email.

Season 1 free in full: 49 lessons
Synced transcript with English translations
7-day free trial of the AI tutor and speaking practice
Members get the latest season and every new course

Watch lesson 1 free Create a free account

Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary