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snubbla

trip, stumble

Meaning

trip; stumble

In Swedish: stöta foten mot något och tappa balansen, snava

Conjugation

Conjugation of snubbla (trip)
Infinitive	att snubbla	to trip
Present	snubblar	jag snubblar
Past	snubblade	jag snubblade
Supine	snubblat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har snubblat	jag har snubblat
Past perfect	hade snubblat	jag hade snubblat
Future	ska snubbla	or: kommer att snubbla
Conditional	skulle snubbla	jag skulle snubbla
Imperative	snubbla!	a command
Present participle	snubblande	-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of snubbla
Infinitive	snubblas
Present	snubblas
Past	snubblades
Supine	snubblats

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 snubblar. See the four verb groups explained.

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snubbla in a sentence

snubbla fram i högklackade skor
stumble along in high-heeled shoes

Expressions

snubblande nära
desperately close

Questions

What does snubbla mean in English?

snubbla means “trip, stumble”.

What is the past tense of snubbla?

The past tense of snubbla is snubblade (“jag snubblade”). The supine is snubblat, used in “jag har snubblat”.

What is the present tense of snubbla?

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

Similar words

snava

Origin

Cognate with Danish snuble, Middle Low German snubbelen.

Nearby common words

snubbla is number 4,365 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

4,361aptit appetite
4,362existens existence
4,363församling assembly, parish
4,364trea three, third
4,366kyrkogård a cemetery, a graveyard
4,367stunda approach, draw near
4,368ryka smoke, be lost
4,369giva dated form of ge (“to give”)

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