Swedish verb · noun

stupa

fall down, drop, fall, fall steeply/²stʉːpa/

stupa as a verb

Meaning

fall down; drop; fall; fall steeply

In Swedish: falla omkull, störta (till marken)

Conjugation

Conjugation of stupa (fall down)
Infinitive	att stupa	to fall down
Present	stupar	jag stupar
Past	stupade	jag stupade
Supine	stupat	used after har / hade
Perfect	har stupat	jag har stupat
Past perfect	hade stupat	jag hade stupat
Future	ska stupa	or: kommer att stupa
Conditional	skulle stupa	jag skulle stupa
Imperative	stupa!	a command
Present participle	stupande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	stupad	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of stupa
Infinitive	stupas
Present	stupas
Past	stupades
Supine	stupats

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 stupar. See the four verb groups explained.

stupa as a noun(en stupa)

Meaning

A stupa; a Buddhist monument.

Forms

Forms of stupa
Singular, indefinite	en stupa
Singular, definite	stupan
Plural, indefinite	stupor
Plural, definite	stuporna

stupa is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor stupa, den stora stupan. Check another noun

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stupa in a sentence

stupa i säng
fall into bed
många män stupade i slaget
many men fell in the battle
berget stupar ner mot sjön
the mountain falls steeply to the sea
Den tredje söndagen i maj är de stupades dag i Finland
The third Sunday in May is the Day of the Fallen in Finland
Branta kalkstensklippor som stupar ner mot de slingrande floderna Dordogne och Vézère.
Steep limestone cliffs that fall down towards the meandering rivers Dordogne and Vézère.

Questions

What does stupa mean in English?

stupa means “fall down, drop”.

Is it en stupa or ett stupa?

It is en stupa, and “the A stupa” is stupan.

What is the plural of stupa?

The plural of stupa is stupor, and the definite plural is stuporna.

What is the past tense of stupa?

The past tense of stupa is stupade (“jag stupade”). The supine is stupat, used in “jag har stupat”.

What is the present tense of stupa?

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

Similar words

döfalla

Origin

Inherited from Old Swedish stupa, from Proto-Germanic *stūpaną.

Nearby common words

stupa is number 5,844 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

5,840farligaste most dangerous
5,841industri industry
5,842intendent administrator, curator
5,843kapell chapel, orchestra
5,845klumpig clumsy
5,846avtryckare trigger
5,847romantik romance
5,848dyrka pick, idolize

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