Swedish verb

stövla

trudge

Meaning

trudge

In Swedish: gå med stora, tunga steg

Conjugation

Conjugation of stövla (trudge)
Infinitiveatt stövlato trudge
Presentstövlarjag stövlar
Paststövladejag stövlade
Supinestövlatused after har / hade
Perfecthar stövlatjag har stövlat
Past perfecthade stövlatjag hade stövlat
Futureska stövlaor: kommer att stövla
Conditionalskulle stövlajag skulle stövla
Imperativestövla!a command
Present participlestövlande-ing, used as an adjective

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stövla
Infinitivestövlas
Presentstövlas
Paststövlades
Supinestövlats

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 stövlar. See the four verb groups explained.

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stövla in a sentence

  • han stövlade in i rummet utan att knacka
    he barged into my room without knocking
  • stövla fram i korridoren
    march down the corridor
  • Nisse stövlade iväg
    Nisse stalked off
  • Sergeanten stövlade in i rummet med svetten drypande i pannan
    The sergeant marched into the room, sweat dripping from his forehead
  • stövla in på någons tomt
    barge onto [high boot in on] someone's property
  • stövla in i lägenheten utan att ringa på
    barge into the apartment without ringing the doorbell
  • Det är inte bara att stövla in. Man måste boka tid.
    You can't just waltz in there. [It is not just to high boot in.] You have to make an appointment. [One must book time.]
  • Hon bara stövlade in
    She just walked right in

Questions

What does stövla mean in English?

stövla means “trudge”.

What is the past tense of stövla?

The past tense of stövla is stövlade (“jag stövlade”). The supine is stövlat, used in “jag har stövlat”.

What is the present tense of stövla?

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

Origin

stövel (“high boot”) + -a

Nearby common words

stövla is number 7,304 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

  • 7,300återkalla to recall, recall (request or order someone or something to return, also of product recalls and the like)
  • 7,301metro subway/underground
  • 7,302brottsregister criminal record
  • 7,303knivhuggen knifed (cut from a knife)
  • 7,305spegla mirror, reflect
  • 7,306sorry sorry (expressing regret)
  • 7,307shilling a shilling (English coin), shilling (currency of Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda)
  • 7,308polisarbete police work
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