Swedish adjective · verb· top 2,000 most common

stilla

calm, quiet, still

stilla as an adjective

Meaning

calm; quiet; still

In Swedish: lugn, tyst

Forms

Forms of stilla
Basic form	stilla	with en-words
Comparative	mer stilla	“-er”, “more …”
Superlative	mest stilla	“-est”, “most …”

stilla as a verb

Meaning

alleviate; sooth; allay

In Swedish: dämpa, få att sluta

Conjugation

Conjugation of stilla (alleviate)
Infinitive	att stilla	to alleviate
Present	stillar	jag stillar
Past	stillade	jag stillade
Supine	stillat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stillat	jag har stillat
Past perfect	hade stillat	jag hade stillat
Future	ska stilla	or: kommer att stilla
Conditional	skulle stilla	jag skulle stilla
Imperative	stilla!	a command
Present participle	stillande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stillad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stilla
Infinitive	stillas
Present	stillas
Past	stillades
Supine	stillats

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 stillar. See the four verb groups explained.

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What does stilla mean?

stilla in a sentence

en stilla afton
a calm evening
be en stilla bön
say a silent prayer
stilla smärtan
ease (soothe) the pain

Questions

What does stilla mean in English?

stilla means “calm, quiet”.

What is the past tense of stilla?

The past tense of stilla is stillade (“jag stillade”). The supine is stillat, used in “jag har stillat”.

What is the present tense of stilla?

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

Similar words

lugntorörligrofylldfridfullt

Origin

From Middle Low German stille, from Old Saxon stilli, from Proto-West Germanic *stillī.

Nearby common words

stilla is number 1,289 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,285förstod understood
1,286försvara defend
1,287äldre older, elderly
1,288ej not
1,290ful ugly, nasty
1,291insåg realized, realised
1,292utnyttja make use of
1,293system system

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