splittra
Meaning
break; shatter; fragment; divide; splinter
In Swedish: slå i små stycken
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att splittra | to break |
|---|---|---|
| Present | splittrar | jag splittrar |
| Past | splittrade | jag splittrade |
| Supine | splittrat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har splittrat | jag har splittrat |
| Past perfect | hade splittrat | jag hade splittrat |
| Future | ska splittra | or: kommer att splittra |
| Conditional | skulle splittra | jag skulle splittra |
| Imperative | splittra! | a command |
| Present participle | splittrande | -ing, used as an adjective |
| Past participle | splittrad | used like an adjective, and agrees like one |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | splittras |
|---|---|
| Present | splittras |
| Past | splittrades |
| Supine | splittrats |
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 splittrar. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise splittra
1 / 2Yesterday I … (splittra). Which is the past tense?
splittra in a sentence
- familjen splittrades i krigetthe family was broken up in the war
- känna sig splittradfeel divided (disharmonious)
Questions
What does splittra mean in English?
splittra means “break, shatter”.
What is the past tense of splittra?
The past tense of splittra is splittrade (“jag splittrade”). The supine is splittrat, used in “jag har splittrat”.
What is the present tense of splittra?
splittrar, the same for every person: jag splittrar, du splittrar, vi splittrar.
Similar words
Origin
Borrowed from German splittern.
Nearby common words
splittra is number 4,405 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
- 4,401myra ant
- 4,402rand edge, border; stripe, streak, rib
- 4,403googla to google, to search for something on the Google search engine, to google, to search for something on the Internet using with any search engine
- 4,404villkorlig conditional (subject to conditions)
- 4,406bedra swindle, fool
- 4,407smink greasepaint, make-up
- 4,408beslöt resolved, decided
- 4,409färre fewer
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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary

