Swedish verb

slingra

evade, twine, wriggle, meander

Meaning

evade; twine; wriggle; meander; get out of; wind

In Swedish: röra sig hit och dit

Conjugation

Conjugation of slingra (evade)
Infinitive	att slingra	to evade
Present	slingrar	jag slingrar
Past	slingrade	jag slingrade
Supine	slingrat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slingrat	jag har slingrat
Past perfect	hade slingrat	jag hade slingrat
Future	ska slingra	or: kommer att slingra
Conditional	skulle slingra	jag skulle slingra
Imperative	slingra!	a command
Present participle	slingrande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	slingrad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of slingra
Infinitive	slingras
Present	slingras
Past	slingrades
Supine	slingrats

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 slingrar. See the four verb groups explained.

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slingra in a sentence

vägen slingrar (sig)
the road twists
ormen slingrade iväg
the serpent wriggled away
Försök inte slingra dig ur det här!
Don't you try to wriggle out of this!

Expressions

slingra sig
dodge the question

Questions

What does slingra mean in English?

slingra means “evade, twine”.

What is the past tense of slingra?

The past tense of slingra is slingrade (“jag slingrade”). The supine is slingrat, used in “jag har slingrat”.

What is the present tense of slingra?

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

Similar words

åla

Origin

Borrowed from Middle Low German slingeren, from Proto-Germanic *slingwaną.

Nearby common words

slingra is number 6,893 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

6,889hallucinera to hallucinate
6,890sch shh!; shush!
6,891förutspå to predict, to anticipate
6,892putta push
6,894entusiastisk enthusiastic
6,895predikan sermon
6,896regissera direct
6,897vädja appeal

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