stövla
Meaning
trudge
In Swedish: gå med stora, tunga steg
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stövla | to trudge |
|---|---|---|
| Present | stövlar | jag stövlar |
| Past | stövlade | jag stövlade |
| Supine | stövlat | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har stövlat | jag har stövlat |
| Past perfect | hade stövlat | jag hade stövlat |
| Future | ska stövla | or: kommer att stövla |
| Conditional | skulle stövla | jag skulle stövla |
| Imperative | stövla! | a command |
| Present participle | stövlande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | stövlas |
|---|---|
| Present | stövlas |
| Past | stövlades |
| Supine | stövlats |
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.
Practise stövla
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stövla). Which is the past tense?
stövla in a sentence
- han stövlade in i rummet utan att knackahe barged into my room without knocking
- stövla fram i korridorenmarch down the corridor
- Nisse stövlade ivägNisse stalked off
- Sergeanten stövlade in i rummet med svetten drypande i pannanThe sergeant marched into the room, sweat dripping from his forehead
- stövla in på någons tomtbarge onto [high boot in on] someone's property
- stövla in i lägenheten utan att ringa påbarge 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 inShe 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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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Browse the dictionary

