Swedish verb · noun· top 5,000 most common

smälta

melt, smelt, dissolve, fuse/²smɛlta/

smälta as a verb

Meaning

melt; smelt; dissolve; fuse

In Swedish: göra flytande (genom att värme kommer till); lösas upp

Conjugation

Conjugation of smälta (melt)
Infinitive	att smälta	to melt
Present	smälter	jag smälter
Past	smälte	jag smälte
Supine	smält	used after har / hade
Perfect	har smält	jag har smält
Past perfect	hade smält	jag hade smält
Future	ska smälta	or: kommer att smälta
Conditional	skulle smälta	jag skulle smälta
Imperative	smält!	a command
Present participle	smältande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	smält	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of smälta
Infinitive	smältas
Present	smälts
Past	smältes
Supine	smälts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use smälter. See the four verb groups explained.

smälta as a noun(en smälta)

Meaning

melt; molten material

Forms

Forms of smälta
Singular, indefinite	en smälta
Singular, definite	smältan
Plural, indefinite	smältor
Plural, definite	smältorna

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

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smälta in a sentence

smält smör
melted butter
snön smälte bort (el. undan)
the snow melted away
hon smälte för hans böner
her heart softened to his entreaties
Vinterns första snö brukar smälta så snart den når marken
The first snow of the winter usually melts as soon as it meets the ground
Glassen smälte/smalt i solen
The ice cream melted in the sun
Han smälte ner guldet
He melted the gold
smälta maten i lugn och ro
digest one's food in peace
Jag försöker fortfarande smälta nyheten
I'm still trying to process the news

Words built with smälta

smältost processed cheese

Questions

What does smälta mean in English?

smälta means “melt, smelt”.

Is it en smälta or ett smälta?

It is en smälta, and “the melt” is smältan.

What is the plural of smälta?

The plural of smälta is smältor, and the definite plural is smältorna.

What is the past tense of smälta?

The past tense of smälta is smälte (“jag smälte”). The supine is smält, used in “jag har smält”.

What is the present tense of smälta?

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

Origin

From Old Swedish smælta, from Old Norse *smelta, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną.

Nearby common words

smälta is number 2,301 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,297förstärkning reforce
2,298förrädare traitor
2,299ersätta compensate, replace
2,300nation nation, students' union
2,302konstnär artist
2,303knäppa snap, click
2,304ström having strong currents (of a watercourse), "currenty"
2,305utveckla develop, elaborate

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