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slockna

go out; die down, drop off

Meaning

go out; die down; drop off

In Swedish: sluta brinna eller lysa

Conjugation

Conjugation of slockna (go out)
Infinitive	att slockna	to go out
Present	slocknar	jag slocknar
Past	slocknade	jag slocknade
Supine	slocknat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har slocknat	jag har slocknat
Past perfect	hade slocknat	jag hade slocknat
Future	ska slockna	or: kommer att slockna
Conditional	skulle slockna	jag skulle slockna
Imperative	slockna!	a command
Present participle	slocknande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	slocknad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of slockna
Infinitive	slocknas
Present	slocknas
Past	slocknades
Supine	slocknats

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 slocknar. See the four verb groups explained.

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

slockna in a sentence

en slocknad blick
a dull gaze
elden slocknade
the fire died down
pojken slocknade direkt när han kom i säng
the boy fell asleep as soon as he got into bed
När elden hade slocknat gick vi hem
When the fire had gone out, we went home
När man släcker en lampa så slocknar den
When you turn off a light, it goes out
Jag var jättetrött och slocknade direkt
I was super tired and fell asleep [went out] right away

Questions

What does slockna mean in English?

slockna means “go out; die down, drop off”.

What is the past tense of slockna?

The past tense of slockna is slocknade (“jag slocknade”). The supine is slocknat, used in “jag har slocknat”.

What is the present tense of slockna?

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

Similar words

falna

Origin

From Old Norse slokna.

Nearby common words

slockna is number 4,052 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,048pank cleaned out, broke
4,049nix nix
4,050radar radar
4,051inomhus indoors
4,053blöt soggy, wet
4,054vidrigt disgusting
4,055övervakning surveillance
4,056bokad booked, reserved (of a ticket, a seat)

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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