Swedish noun · verb· top 500 most common

en skola

school, school, college, school [of art]/²skuːla/

skola as a noun(en skola)

Meaning

school; school, college; school [of art]

In Swedish: ställe där man undervisar, läroanstalt

Forms

Forms of skola
Singular, indefinite	en skola
Singular, definite	skolan
Plural, indefinite	skolor
Plural, definite	skolorna

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

skola as a verb

Meaning

will, shall; train; teach

In Swedish: utbilda, lära

Conjugation

Conjugation of skola (will)
Infinitive	att skola	to will
Present	ska	jag ska
Past	skulle	jag skulle
Supine	skolat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har skolat	jag har skolat
Past perfect	hade skolat	jag hade skolat

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 ska. See the four verb groups explained.

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Is it en skola or ett skola?

skola in a sentence

skolan börjar klockan åtta
school begins at eight
gå i skolan
go to school
dagens skola
the schools of today
en liten skola
a small school
bilda skola
form a school of art
Han går i skolan
He goes to school [He goes in the school]
Barnen är i skolan
The children are at school [The children are in the school]
Jag är i skolan just nu
I'm at school right now [I am in the school right now]
han skolades om till snickare
he was retrained as a carpenter
Jag ska äta.
I'm going to eat.

Words built with skola

högskola university
internatskola boarding school
skidskola ski school
skolbarn schoolchild

Questions

What does skola mean in English?

skola means “school, school, college”.

Is it en skola or ett skola?

It is en skola, and “the school” is skolan.

What is the plural of skola?

The plural of skola is skolor, and the definite plural is skolorna.

What is the past tense of skola?

The past tense of skola is skulle (“jag skulle”). The supine is skolat, used in “jag har skolat”.

What is the present tense of skola?

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

Similar words

lärosäteläroanstaltskallakademiplugg

Origin

From Old Swedish skula, from Old Norse skulu, from Proto-Germanic *skulaną.

Nearby common words

skola is number 369 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

365runt round
366blivit became, was
367kul fun
368huvud head
370illa badly, very
371klart clear, finished
372fort quickly, fast
373person person

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