Swedish verb· top 2,000 most common

somna

fall asleep, drop (dose) off

Meaning

fall asleep; drop (dose) off

In Swedish: börja sova

Conjugation

Conjugation of somna (fall asleep)
Infinitive	att somna	to fall asleep
Present	somnar	jag somnar
Past	somnade	jag somnade
Supine	somnat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har somnat	jag har somnat
Past perfect	hade somnat	jag hade somnat
Future	ska somna	or: kommer att somna
Conditional	skulle somna	jag skulle somna
Imperative	somna!	a command
Present participle	somnande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	somnad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of somna
Infinitive	somnas
Present	somnas
Past	somnades
Supine	somnats

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 somnar. See the four verb groups explained.

Practise somna

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

somna in a sentence

jag somnade sent
I fell asleep late
somna om
go back to sleep
Mitt ben har somnat
My leg has fallen asleep

Questions

What does somna mean in English?

somna means “fall asleep, drop (dose) off”.

What is the past tense of somna?

The past tense of somna is somnade (“jag somnade”). The supine is somnat, used in “jag har somnat”.

What is the present tense of somna?

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

Similar words

domna

Origin

From Old Norse sofna, equivalent to sova (“to sleep”) + -na (“inchoative suffix”).

Nearby common words

somna is number 1,520 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,516förändras change
1,517teori theory
1,518kyss kiss
1,519styra steer, govern
1,521avsky loathe, abhor, detest
1,522rita draw, design
1,523prins prince
1,524kod code

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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