Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

slappna

loosen, slacken

Meaning

loosen; slacken

In Swedish: bli slapp

Conjugation

Conjugation of slappna (loosen)
Infinitive	att slappna	to loosen
Present	slappnar	jag slappnar
Past	slappnade	jag slappnade
Supine	slappnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slappnat	jag har slappnat
Past perfect	hade slappnat	jag hade slappnat
Future	ska slappna	or: kommer att slappna
Conditional	skulle slappna	jag skulle slappna
Imperative	slappna!	a command
Present participle	slappnande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of slappna
Infinitive	slappnas
Present	slappnas
Past	slappnades
Supine	slappnats

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 slappnar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

slappna in a sentence

uppmärksamheten slappnade en sekund
his attention slackened for a moment
Försök (att) slappna av!
Just try to relax!

Questions

What does slappna mean in English?

slappna means “loosen, slacken”.

What is the past tense of slappna?

The past tense of slappna is slappnade (“jag slappnade”). The supine is slappnat, used in “jag har slappnat”.

What is the present tense of slappna?

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

Origin

slapp + -na

Nearby common words

slappna is number 1,277 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,273ordning order, turn
1,274guld gold
1,275farfar a father's father; a paternal grandfather
1,276jämt always
1,278rygg back
1,279slänga throw, toss
1,280prov trial, test, experiment, examination
1,281present present

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